Major Saito Killing a Chinese Soldier, being (sic) to bury a Mine of Powder
by Ogata Gekko
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
by Ogata Gekko
$500–$8,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Gekko's prolific output makes most of his work affordable. Quality varies significantly.
Major Saito killing a Chinese soldier while defusing a mine at the battle of Jinzhou Fortress—one of the war's most dramatic engineering episodes—was depicted with Gekko's characteristic ability to compress the chaos of combat into a single legible moment. The scene combined the technical challenge of explosive disposal with the immediacy of close combat, the major's dual task—destroying the enemy and the mine—giving the composition an unusual density of action.
Woodblock print
c. 1828/30
Color woodblock print; surimono
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Major Saito Killing a Chinese Soldier, being (sic) to bury a Mine of Powder was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).
Major Saito Killing a Chinese Soldier, being (sic) to bury a Mine of Powder depicts warriors.
