The Enemy Cavalry Attacked Yizhou, but Our Foot Soldiers Fiercely Pursued and Turned Them Back

Fan design sample print, Kneeling Nudes

Japanese Color Woodblock Print 

The Enemy Cavalry Attacked Yizhou, but Our Foot Soldiers Fiercely Pursued and Turned Them Back

by Morita Kakō, 1904

Fan design sample print, Kneeling Nudes

IHL Cat. #103

About This Print

The action depicted was related to the battle of the Yalu River.  For more detail on this battle see the documentation for the print Japanese Forces Occupying Yizhou. Russian Soldiers Fleeing to the North Bank of the Yalu.

Print Details

 IHL Catalog
 #103
 Title or Description The Enemy Cavalry Attacked Yizhou, but Our Foot Soldiers Fiercely Pursued and Turned Them Back
敵ノ騎兵襲フ義州街道我歩兵猛烈ナル行ヒ追撃ヲ退却セシム之ヲ
Teki no kihei Gishū kaidō wo osou waga hohei mōretsu naru tsuigeki wo okonai kore wo taikyaku seshimu
 Artist  Morita Kakō (active 1904 to 1930)
 Signature
Kakō 華香
 Seal  Morita Kakō 華香森田
 Publication Date April 1904 (Meiji 37)
 Publisher Matsuki Heikichi 松木平吉
 Impression excellent
 Colors excellent
 Condition excellent - full size, untrimmed sheets
 Genre ukiyo-esenso-e (Russo-Japanese War)
 Miscellaneous 
 Format vertical oban triptych
 H x W Paper
 14 3/4 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm) each sheet
 Literature
 
 Collections This Print
Ackland Art Museum The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2015.11.74a-c
last revision:
4/22/2020