
"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
- Source:
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- 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).