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"In the Second Army's Assault on Jinzhoucheng, Engineer Superior Private Onoguchi Tokuji, Defying Death, Places Explosives and Blasts the Gate of the Enemy Fort" by Ogata Gekko — Japanese Woodblock print

"In the Second Army's Assault on Jinzhoucheng, Engineer Superior Private Onoguchi Tokuji, Defying Death, Places Explosives and Blasts the Gate of the Enemy Fort"

by Ogata Gekko

Medium:
Woodblock print
Image courtesy of
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Description

A soldier in a dark uniform runs across a smoke-shrouded battlefield toward a walled fort visible at upper left, its gate and turreted rooftops rendered in muted grey-blue tones. Flames and bursts of orange-red explosion erupt near the fort's wall, contrasting with the pale grey smoke that fills most of the composition, while a text-filled cartouche occupies the upper right panel. The scene conveys motion and urgency through the soldier's dynamic running pose, set against a muted, hazy palette of greys, browns, and blues.

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"In the Second Army's Assault on Jinzhoucheng, Engineer Superior Private Onoguchi Tokuji, Defying Death, Places Explosives and Blasts the Gate of the Enemy Fort" was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).