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| Gekkō: The Gathering of 11 Generals |
Here is a triptych called The Battle at Tien-Chuang-Tai: The Gathering of 11 Generals [Denshôdai no yaku, shôkô jûichimei dôsho ni kai su], and is from May, 1895. The artist is Ogata Gekkō.
Gekkō made many prints with motives from the Sino-Japanese war, 1894-1895, which he witnessed as a war correspondent.
According to the script, the people on this picture are Yamaji, Chūjō (Lieutenant-General); Oshima Hisanao, Shōsō
(Major-General); Nozu, Taishō (Marshal); Katsura, Chūjō; Nogi, Shōsō;
Nishi, Shōsō; Oshima Yoshimasa, Shōsō; Oseko, Shōsō; Kuroda, Shōsō; Oku, Chūjō; Ogawa, Shōsō.