Artist: Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Title: Night Battle at Pyongyang
Date: 1894
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Title Night Battle at Pyongyang Artist Toshimitsu Kobayashi active 1880-1900 Signature oju Toshimitsu Seal artist's seal Dated 1894 Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent - very good Colors very good ... orange color partially oxidized Condition very good ... light toning, slight soil, paper residues along the side edges on verso, not backed. Description Japanese forces used strong search lights at the night battle of Pyongyang (Jp: Heijo). Format 3 Oban tate-e Width 28.3 inches = 72.0 cm Height 14.0 inches = 35.5 cm Literature "Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age; Woodblock Prints from the Meiji Era, 1868-1912", MFA Publications, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2001, ISBN: 0 87846 619 3, - pg.73, pl.27
