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Soldier attaching torches to bulls’ horns to create a smoke screen: PD.301-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Soldier attaching torches to bulls’ horns to create a smoke screen

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

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Description

Study for an unpublished print for the series Kagoshima meianroku (Records of light and darkness at Kagoshima), commissioned by the publisher Kobayashi Tetsujiro.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger 1950 (received 1991)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1878

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Black ink (sumi) over red ink (beni) underdrawing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.301-1991
Primary reference Number: 125938
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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