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Flowers for the Imperial Headquarters in Hiroshima

Ashihara Kuninao (mentioned on object), c. 1894

The Imperial Headquarters in Hiroshima was completed in 1894 as the new facility for the modernized Japanese army. This print shows the recently built complex with the Japanese army standing in formation. The print may have been made to mark the visit of the Japanese emperor that year.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1767
  • Physical characteristicskleurenhoutsnede (lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Flowers for the Imperial Headquarters in Hiroshima

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1767

  • Description

    Parade van het Japanse leger, in Japan, tijdens de Eerste Chinees-Japanse oorlog.

Creation

  • Creation

    printmaker: Ashihara Kuninao (mentioned on object), Japan

  • Dating

    c. 1894

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    kleurenhoutsnede (lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken)

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of G.E. Loudon, 2017)

  • Copyright

    CC0 1.0

  • Provenance

    …; sale London (Christie's), 13 July 2006, with 29 others, to Mr. G. E. Loudon, London; his donation to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 2017; from whom on loan to the museum, 2017

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