Illustration of the attack on the Fenghuangcheng

Permanent Link:

http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI11093010/00001

Material Information

Title:

Illustration of the attack on the Fenghuangcheng

Creator:

Watanabe, Nobukazu, b. 1872

Publisher:

Tokyo

Publication Date:

1894

Language:

Japanese

Physical Description:

14 1/16 x 29 1/4 in.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Fengcheng (Liaoning Sheng, China)
Meiji 27 (1894)
Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895.
Color prints, Japanese--Meiji period, 1868-1912.
War in art

Notes

Abstract:

The small, but strategically important town of Phoenix Castle (Fenghuangcheng), was taken by Japanese forces one day after the land battle of Yalu River. The First Army split in half, one marching toward Mukden, the capital of Manchuria, and the second toward Port Arthur, along with the Second Army.

General Note:

Triptych woodblock print, ink and colors on paper; original printed title label in Japanese in the middle; 1 red seal, artist's signature, and colophon with printer's name and printing date in Japanese in the right bottom corner.

Ownership:

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University

Record Information

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Holding Location:

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum

Rights Management:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Resource Identifier:

FI11093010
MET 77.34.13 ( accession number )

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Aggregations:

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum
Woodblock Print Collection