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Great Triumph for the Japanese Army: the Capture of Pyongyang

Watanabe Nobukazu (mentioned on object), 1894

Seoul was captured at the end of July 1894, followed by Pyongyang in September. The Japanese commander Major-General Nozu is manfully seated on horseback amid the Chinese soldiers woefully tasting defeat.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1772
  • Physical characteristicskleurenhoutsnede (lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Great Triumph for the Japanese Army: the Capture of Pyongyang

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1772

  • Description

    Japanse generaal te paard te midden van Japanse soldaten die het Chinese leger afslachten, tijdens de Eerste Chinees-Japanse oorlog.

Creation

  • Creation

    printmaker: Watanabe Nobukazu (mentioned on object), Japan

  • Dating

    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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