78 5219 Akika Nakamura act late 19th cent
78/5219 Akika, Nakamura (act. late 19th cent.). (Great Japanese navy victory near the Hai-Yang Island). Col. woodcut ôban triptych, signed Akika, publisher Sekiguchi Masajirô, date seals october 1894.

= Title reads Kaiyô-tô oki nikkan dai-shôri. Chaïkin 46: "(...) Again one cannot but deplore the extreme scarcity of Akika's works. A tremendous power emanates from this work as if the flagship Matsushima was about to erupt from the picture (...) Let us pray and hope for more information about this elusive artist and whence he came from".

AND 4 other similar naval battle triptychs from the same war, by KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (3x) and TOSHIMITSU.

€ (300-500) 500