Printed picture of the battle of Ping Yang. [MdeA 29/05/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Printed picture of the battle of Ping Yang. [MdeA 29/05/2009]
Long description: Printed picture in black and white of the battle of Ping Yang, showing men fighting in front of a building on a hill. There is an inscription in Japanese beneath the picture. [SM 15/07/2009]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period: Date made: 30/09/1894
Date collected: 1894
Acquisition information: Donated: Donated, uncertain Found unentered: 03/07/2009
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Printed, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Width: max 390 mm, Length: max 275 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.50.24
Research and responses: This object was examined by Professor Itaru Chijiwa during his research visit in December 2010. He noted that 2009.50.24 and .26 refer to the same battle and that 2009.50.26 might be a cover for 2009.50.24 as they have the same titles and are the same size. [SM 15/12/2010]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2012 as: “Konsei ryodan-cho Oshima shosho Heijo-fu Daidomon kogeki no zu”, Attack to Taedong gate in Pyongyang by mixed brigade lead by Major Oshima. “Meiji 27 nen 9 gatsu 30 nichi insatsu”, Printed on 30 September, 1894 [MJD 26/11/2012]

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