Waga dainigun Ikaiei hodai senryo no zu

Description Japanese soldiers raise their flag in victory as they push the Chinese flag-bearer over the ramparts. Other Chinese soldiers kowtow in surrender. Although a fierce battle still raged at sea, the battle for the fort at Weihaiwei marked the end of the land war.

Provenance C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.

Inscriptions [Signature] Toshiaki ga [ ][ ]

Credit Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991