Picture of Second Lieutenant Ōmori Skillfully Protecting the Regimental Banner at Seongyoli

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.