Heroic Death of Commander T. Hirose in Execution of the Brilliant Mission to Block Port Arthur (Advertisement for "The Russo-Japanese War")
Ôkura Kôtô, Japanese, unknown - 1910
1904
Color woodblock print on crepe paper
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 5/8 in. (20.6 × 27 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Art Department, Dartmouth College
162.13.14764
Publisher
Hasegawa Sonokichi, Tokyo
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, in red, top left: The Russo-Japanese War.; printed, in red, top right: Heroic death of Commander T. Hirose in execu-tion of the brilliant mission to block Port Arthur. - March 27th 1904.; printed, in red, bottom right: An account of / the Russo-Japanese Conflict / With 6 full-page color Illustrations in Wood, / specially designed by / KOTO OKURA / Printed in original Japanese Crepe Paper. / Published by / SONOKICHI HASEGAWA, / TOKYO, JAPAN.
Provenance
Professor Robert J. Poor; given to present collection, 1962.
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