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Enemy Ships Deterred at Haiyangdao

Utagawa Kunitora (mentioned on object), c. 1894

In the struggle for power in Korea between the Chinese and the Japanese armies it was vital to safeguard the equipment and provisioning of the troops. To this end, control of the Yellow Sea between the Korean peninsula and the Chinese mainland was crucial. The Japanese strategy was to force a decisive battle with the Chinese navy.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1765
  • Physical characteristicskleurenhoutsnede (lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Enemy Ships Deterred at Haiyangdao

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1765

  • Description

    Zeeslag met op de voorgrond een Chinees schip dat door twee witte Japanse schepen wordt aangevallen, tijdens de Eerste Chinees-Japanse oorlog.

Creation

  • Creation

    printmaker: Utagawa Kunitora (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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