Picture of Engineer Private First Class Onoguchi Tokuji Risking Certain Death Placing Explosives at the Fortress Gates to Destroy Them during the Second Army’s Attack of Jinzhou Fortress
by Ogata Gekko
- Date:
- February 1895?
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.5 × 70.2 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
The 1895 print of Engineer Onoguchi Tokuji risking certain death with explosives at the fortress gates—a companion or variant to the earlier Jinzhou prints—extends the documentation of this specific episode from multiple angles or in different artistic treatments. The technical precision of an explosives placement mission combined with its extreme personal danger made it ideal material for war print heroism: a modern technical act elevated to ancient martial glory through sheer physical courage.
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Picture of Engineer Private First Class Onoguchi Tokuji Risking Certain Death Placing Explosives at the Fortress Gates to Destroy Them during the Second Army’s Attack of Jinzhou Fortress was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕) in February 1895?.
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Picture of Engineer Private First Class Onoguchi Tokuji Risking Certain Death Placing Explosives at the Fortress Gates to Destroy Them during the Second Army’s Attack of Jinzhou Fortress measures 36.5 × 70.2 cm (Oban format).