Infantryman Sato Tadashi

A bearded soldier in a blue military jacket and white trousers wades through a river, carrying a limp comrade in a red garment slung over his shoulders and arms; an orange conical hat floats in the water beside him. Bare, blossoming branches frame the upper left, and two small figures with a horse appear in the pale background at upper right. A block of vertical Japanese text sits in a red-bordered panel at right; the palette is dominated by cool blues and grays against the soldier's red burden and the orange hat. Color woodblock print, "Infantryman Sato Tadashi," Taguchi Beisaku, 1895.