Lot 32
Lot 32
Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)

THREE WOODBLOCK-PRINTED WAR TRIPTYCHS

Price Realised GBP 687.50
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GBP 800 - GBP 1,200
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
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Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)

THREE WOODBLOCK-PRINTED WAR TRIPTYCHS

Price Realised GBP 687.50
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
Price Realised GBP 687.50
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
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Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)
Three woodblock-printed war triptychs
Naval Officers Discussing the Battle Strategy to be Used in the War against China (Kaigun shoko to seishin no senryaku o ron suru zu), signed Oju Toshikata e, sealed Osai Shujin, 1894

Banzai for the Great Imperial Japan: a Great Victory at Pyongyang after a Hard Fight (Dai Nippon Teikoku ban-banzai, Heijo gekisen taisho zu), signed Oju Toshikata e, sealed Toshikata, 1894

Lieutenant-Commander Sakamoto of the Imperial Warship Akagi Fights Bravely (Teikoku Akagi kancho Sakamoto shosa funsen), English text on the print reads: Terrible War of General Sakamoto, Leader of the Imperial Warship Akagi, signed Oju Toshikata e, sealed Osai, 1894
All vertical oban triptychs mounted as one sheet:
Each 35.9 x 71.3cm.
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