HANPO Yasuda (1889-1947)
The Destruction of a Russian Flagship. 1904.
- Category
- Japanese | 20th Century
- Publisher
- Sawa Kyujiro.
oban yoko-e triptych, 36.2 cm × 72.4 cm
Very good impression. Script in silver, smoke embellished with gofun. Very good colour and condition. Margins trimmed.
A rare senso-e (war print) in unusual vertical triptych format. The Russo-Japanese War (8th February 1904-5th September 1905) started because of the rival imperial ambitions of Japan and Russia over Manchuria and Korea. On the 12th April 1904 the Russian Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov was killed on board the Petropavlovsk when the Russian flagship struck Japanese mines off Port Arthur. Hanho depicts two thirds of the graphic content underwater, with the two mines rising to the surface and subsequent damage to the side of vessel. A flurry of Russian naval officers jump overboard from the sinking ship. MFA impression. Havard Impression.
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