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Mizuno Toshikata

1894 (Meiji 27) · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

This print celebrates Onoguchi Tokuji, the combat engineer who placed the explosives that destroyed two gates at Jinzhou Fortress, near Dalian in northeastern China. A cartouche at upper left describes the scene in both Japanese and English. A follower of the acclaimed print designer Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Mizuno Toshikata created illustrations for newspapers, specializing in images of war.

Artist

Mizuno Toshikata

Date

1894 (Meiji 27)

Medium

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959