About This Print

Source: The Sino-JapaneseWar, Nathan Chaikin, self-published, 1983, p. 97.

"The entire staff, an imposing one, stands still as the city is burning.  Their names as they appear on the script:
One of Gekkō's masterpieces.  The range of colours, totally his, the beautiful conception of the "end of the day", the raging fire and the tormented pine trees soon to burst into flames, the whiteness of the snow, and a certain sense of futility pervading the morning, the feeling of wastefulness of it all.  Yes, a very great artist, a master...

This is the end of the road for the Japanese.  The Chinese retreated to North Chinchou (or Chinchow), and the country was now clear of them on both sides of the Liao river for a distance of 30 to 40 miles north-east of Yingkow (or Yingtzu), whilst on the Liaoyang road their most advanced post was north-east of Anchanchan."

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#543
Title or Description	The Battle at Tien-Chuang-Tai (Denshōdai): The Gathering of Eleven Generals [Denshōdai no eki (田庄台之役): Shōkō jūichi-mei dōsho ni kasiu 将校十一名]
Artist	Ogata Gekkō (1859-1920)
Signature	Gekkō
Seal	一嶽一叡 ichigaku ichiei* (see above)
Publication Date	May 1895 (Meiji 28)
Publisher	Sekiguchi Masajirō  関口政治郎 [Marks: pub. ref. 462; seal not shown]
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	good - center and right sheets joined, light soiling; trimmed to image
Genre	ukiyo-e; senso-e (Sino-Japanese War)
Miscellaneous
Format	vertical oban triptych
H x W Paper	13 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (35.2 x 23.5 cm) left sheet; 13 7/8 x 18 1/2 in. (35.2 x 47 cm) joined center and right sheets
Literature	The Sino-JapaneseWar, Nathan Chaikin, self-published, 1983, p. 97, pl. 79.
Collections This Print	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2000.204a-c

* Reading of seal is taken from the website of David Humpries on Ogata Gekko