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The Humane Great Japanese Red Cross Medical Corps Tending to the Injured in the Russo-Japanese War (Hakuai naru dai Nihon Sekijûji eiseitai Nichiro sentôchû fushôsha kyûgo no zu)

(Japanese, active 1904)
1904 (Meiji 37), printed March 16, published March 20
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 35.4 x 69.7 cm (13 15/16 x 27 7/16 in.)
Credit LineJean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession number2000.541a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenancePreviously owned by various dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.
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