- Provenance
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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 1999Notes:
[1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Elizabeth D. Woodbury
- Label
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This print of an event in the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 is an early work by Ogata Gekko in which he uses the name Rosai, one of his artistic sobriquets. A versatile artist, his style in this triptych is a relatively conservative interpretation from ukiyo-e prints. He employs visual conventions popular in prints of the late Edo and early Meiji periods for depicting lamplight and the deep color of the night sky. Here a band of samurai rebels, armed with swords in bamboo sheaths, arm a cannon and prepare to attack a ship carrying troops of the Japanese government in Tokyo.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
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