Captain Awata in the assault on Magongcheng in the Pescadores

Object Details

• Artist

  Migita Toshihide 右田年英 (1862-1925)

• Label

  This print recounts an incident in the Japanese campaign in the Pescadores.

• Provenance

  From the 1960s to 1999

  Elizabeth D. Woodbury, Japan and Alexandria, VA, purchased in Japan in the 1960s [1]

  From 1999

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Elizabeth D. Woodbury in 1999

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Elizabeth D. Woodbury

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift--the Elizabeth D. Woodbury collection of prints from Meiji Japan

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Woodbury, Elizabeth D.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Wars, Art, Japanese Art, Heroes, Triptych, Sino-Japanese War, Elizabeth D. Woodbury collection, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints