Cavalry sergeant Kawasaki Iseo on patrol on the night of the 3rd August swims across the Taedong River alone to reconnoiter the enemy's movements, then climbs into an enemy boat and calmly returns to camp (Sekkō kihei gunsō Kawasaki Iseo-shi hachigatsu mikka no yoru tanshin Daidōkō o eishō shite tekijō o shisatsu shi,tekishū ni jōshi yūzen kijun no zu)

Toshikata Mizuno
Japan
1866 – 1908

Cavalry sergeant Kawasaki Iseo on patrol on the night of the 3rd August swims across the Taedong River alone to reconnoiter the enemy's movements, then climbs into an enemy boat and calmly returns to camp (Sekkō kihei gunsō Kawasaki Iseo-shi hachigatsu mikka no yoru tanshin Daidōkō o eishō shite tekijō o shisatsu shi,tekishū ni jōshi yūzen kijun no zu)
1894 (Meiji 27)
colour woodblock print on paper
Place made
Tokyo
Medium
colour woodblock print on paper
Dimensions
35.7 x 69.3 (overall)
Credit line
MJM Carter AO Collection through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2019
Accession number
20196G95
Signature and date
Signed, printed in block, l.l., black ink, "Ôju Toshikata e" 応需年方絵, and artist’s seal, red ink, "Toshikata" 年方.
Media category
Print
Collection area
Asian art - Japan