Ogata Gessan

1887-1967

By Destroying the Enemy Wire Entanglements [Japanese Forces] Capture the Enemy Fortress at Nanshan
(Tetsujomo o hakaishite Nanzan no tekirui o nuku)

signed Gessan with artist's seal Ensei, dated on the left margin with publisher's information for Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya), Meiji sanjunananen, kyugatsu (Meiji 37 [1904], September)

oban tate-e triptych 14 1/8 by 27 7/8 in., 36 by 70.7 cm

Reference:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 2000.449a-c
(inv. no. C-3028)

price: $750