Triptych: Battle of Taikozan Oki: Victory for the Japanese Navy Offshore (Nishin sensō Taikozan Oki Nikkan senshō no zu)
by Ogata Gekko
- Date:
- Meiji period,
- Medium:
- Woodblock printed "ōban"-sized triptych; ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban triptych
- Dimensions:
- 37.5 × 72.9 cm
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
The triptych Battle of Taikozan Oki—the offshore engagement near the peninsula of that name in which Japanese naval forces achieved decisive victory—depicts one of the Sino-Japanese War's naval actions in Gekko's most expansive print format. Naval triptychs organized the chaos of sea battle into legible dramatic narrative: the flags and superstructures of the competing vessels marking national identity, the trajectories of shot and smoke providing compositional movement across the three sheets.
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Triptych: Battle of Taikozan Oki: Victory for the Japanese Navy Offshore (Nishin sensō Taikozan Oki Nikkan senshō no zu) was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕) in Meiji period,.
Triptych: Battle of Taikozan Oki: Victory for the Japanese Navy Offshore (Nishin sensō Taikozan Oki Nikkan senshō no zu) depicts landscapes and warriors.
Triptych: Battle of Taikozan Oki: Victory for the Japanese Navy Offshore (Nishin sensō Taikozan Oki Nikkan senshō no zu) measures 37.5 × 72.9 cm (Oban triptych format).