Picture of Second Lieutenant Ōmori Skillfully Protecting the Regimental Banner at Seongyoli
by Ogata Gekko
- Date:
- September 1895
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.2 × 24.8 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
The 1895 print of Second Lieutenant Omori protecting the regimental banner at Seongyoli depicts another individual act of standard-bearing heroism—the officer who prevented the capture of the regiment's colors during a critical engagement. The regimental banner, a unit's symbolic identity, was by military custom worth dying to protect, and an officer who successfully defended it against enemy capture earned specific commemoration. Gekko's rendering would show the flag prominent in the composition, its colors the visual center of the action.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Picture of Second Lieutenant Ōmori Skillfully Protecting the Regimental Banner at Seongyoli was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕) in September 1895.
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Picture of Second Lieutenant Ōmori Skillfully Protecting the Regimental Banner at Seongyoli measures 36.2 × 24.8 cm (Oban format).