About This Print
In this print Yukawa has pictured Sergeant Kawasaki escaping the Chinese enemy under a hail of bullets by stealing a boat to cross the Taedong River after completing his spying mission. There are several versions of cavalry Sergeant Kawasaki Iseo's heroics and a number of prints portraying them, as shown below.
This print, as opposed to almost all other Sino-Japanese War prints, was published in Ōsaka rather than in Tokyo. Its publisher Ōbuchi Wataru of the publishing house Hatsubai Shinshindō was primarily a book publisher and this print was part of a twelve print gafu (picture book), a portfolio titled Sino-Japanese War Picture Book, the envelope for which is shown below.
To see more prints of the Sino-Japanese War including the Battle of Pyongyang see the article Sino-Japanese War Prints (1894-1895).
To see more prints of the Sino-Japanese War including the Battle of Pyongyang see the article Sino-Japanese War Prints (1894-1895).
Print Details
IHL Catalog | #2432 |
Title or Description | Illustration of Sergeant Kawasaki Crossing the Taedong River 川崎軍曹大同江渉圖 |
Series Title | Sino-Japanese War Picture Book 日清戦争画譜 Nishin sensō gafu |
Artist | Yukawa Hiromitsu (active c. 1894) |
Signature | Hiromitsu 広光 |
Seal | 湯川 Yukawa seal (see above) |
Publication Date | October 18, 1894 (Meiji 27) [printed October 14, 1894] |
Publisher | Ōbuchi Wataru 大淵涉 of the Ōsaka 大阪 publishing house Hatsubai Shinshindō 發賣駸々堂 [click on image to enlarge] |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | fair - light overall toning; possible foxing spot lower right of image; 1 in. x 1/8 in. section of right margin missing |
Genre | ukiyo-e; senso-e |
Miscellaneous | |
Format | shikishiban |
H x W Paper | 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (24.4 x 21 cm) |
H x W Image | 9 3/16 x 7 7/16 in. (23.3 x 18.9 cm) |
Literature | |
Collections This Print | Penn Museum University of Pennsylvania 17719J |
last revision:
4/7/2021 created