Triptych: Great Victory for the Japanese Navy in the Yellow Sea, Image 4 (Kôkai ni okeru waga gun no Taishô: Dai yon zu), Meiji period, dated 1894
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban triptych
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
This triptych version of the Great Victory in the Yellow Sea — identified as "Dai yon zu" (Image 4) of a numbered series — depicts the fourth in a sequence of scenes documenting the September 1894 naval battle. The sequential numbering of battle triptychs across a numbered subseries was a publishing strategy that maximised sales across collector audiences: purchasing all four "Great Victory" triptychs gave buyers a panoramic account of the engagement across twelve oban sheets. Kiyochika's fourth image likely depicts the battle's final phase or a specific ship engagement within the larger fleet action.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Triptych: Great Victory for the Japanese Navy in the Yellow Sea, Image 4 (Kôkai ni okeru waga gun no Taishô: Dai yon zu), Meiji period, dated 1894 was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Triptych: Great Victory for the Japanese Navy in the Yellow Sea, Image 4 (Kôkai ni okeru waga gun no Taishô: Dai yon zu), Meiji period, dated 1894 depicts seascapes.