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TOSHIKATA, Mizuno   (1866 - 1908)		Five Japanese pioneers fighting over one hundred Chinese soldiers (Battle during the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-5)
		Signed:                    Toshikata e Seaed:                      Toshikata Date:                        c. 1895 Size:                          oban triptych (c. 34.5 x 70.5cms / c. 13 5/8" x 27 3/8", sheets joined) Condition: EXCELLENT impression and color, sheets are joined; near fine condition. ref. no.:  # 756039 Price:     € 440.00

Japanese title of the triptych: Chinshu-chiho go-mei no Nihon-kohen Shin-hei hyakuyo-nin o uchinoku. "TOSHIKATA's composition is deeply rooted in Japanese painting and in the mid-19th century printed triptychs of Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi..." (de Sabato Swinton). Literature: - Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton, In Battle's Light - Woodblock Prints of Japan's Early Modern Wars; Worcester Art Museum, 1991. - Nathan Chaïkin, The Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895); 1983 (the Basil Hall Chamberlain colletion).

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