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Utagawa (Baidō) Kokunimasa

1895 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

This print shows the Japanese empress visiting injured soldiers in a military hospital in Tokyo during the First Sino-Japanese War. Kneeling on the bed at lower right is Onoguchi Tokuji, the combat engineer who was celebrated as a hero of the war for his role during the Japanese attack on Jinzhou Fortress, a scene illustrated in a large number of propagandistic prints.

Artist

Utagawa (Baidō) Kokunimasa

Date

1895

Medium

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1962