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Destroying the Enemy Ship at Port Arthur — 旅順敵艦撃破す
by Kobayashi Shuko (Meiji litho artist)

Original caretaker of this artwork: Yahoo Auction, Japan

	Artist:	Kobayashi Shuko (Meiji litho artist) — 小林習古
	Title:	Destroying the Enemy Ship at Port Arthur — 旅順敵艦撃破す
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	17/02/1905
	Date of this artwork?:	1905 (may not be accurate)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Shoseido — 東京松聲堂
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Shoseido — 東京松聲堂
	Medium (first edition):	Lithograph
	Medium (this edition):	Lithograph
	Format (first edition):	Double Oban
	Format (this edition):	Double Oban
	DB artwork code:	45934
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:
	Artist Bio:	This artist may be either Kobayashi Kiyochika or Tsuchiya Koitsu publishing under a different name. Both Kiyochika and Koitsu had strong relationships with the publisher Shoseido. The third kanji "習" means "to learn" and would be very appropriate for Koitsu who studied under Kiyochika. The dating also alludes to Koitsu, because this is in the period when Koitsu published many lithographs via Shoseido.