Onoguchi Tokuji during the Siege of Jinzhou Fortress

Mizuno Toshikata

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This print celebrates Onoguchi Tokuji, the combat engineer who placed the explosives that destroyed two gates at Jinzhou Fortress, near Dalian in northeastern China. A cartouche at upper left describes the scene in both Japanese and English. A follower of the acclaimed print designer Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Mizuno Toshikata created illustrations for newspapers, specializing in images of war.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art