The Empress Visiting the Tokyo Reserve Hospital

1895

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This print shows the Japanese empress visiting injured soldiers in a military hospital in Tokyo during the First Sino-Japanese War. Kneeling on the bed at lower right is Onoguchi Tokuji, the combat engineer who was celebrated as a hero of the war for his role during the Japanese attack on Jinzhou Fortress, a scene illustrated in a large number of propagandistic prints.

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歌川小国政画　「皇后陸下東京陸軍豫備病院行啓之図」
Title: The Empress Visiting the Tokyo Reserve Hospital
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa V (Japanese, 1874–1944) (Baidō Kokunimasa)
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: 1895
Culture: Japan
Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image (a): 14 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (36.8 × 23 cm)
Image (b): 14 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (37.1 × 24.4 cm)
Image (c): 14 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (37.1 × 24.4 cm)
Mat: 23 × 37 in. (58.4 × 94 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1962
Object Number: JP3425
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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