Sergeant Ōi , Surrounded by Bandits at Sanjiaoyong, Put Up a Hard Fight and Captured the Enemy Banner, and Shouting “Long Live the Empire,” Committed Suicide, from the Series “Mirror of Famous Army and Navy Men”

Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika, Japanese, 1847–1915
Engraver: Watanabe Yatarō, Japanese, 1850–1913
Publisher: Inoue Kichijirō, Japanese, active 1869–1905
Period: Meiji period, 1868–1912
Date: 1895
Material: Color woodblock print with embossing
made in: Tokyo, Japan, Asia
Classification: Prints
Collection: Asian Art
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet: 14 5/8 × 9 15/16 in. (37.1 × 25.2 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lowenhaupt
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 244:2010

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