Title: “Evacuation of the Ladies,” from the series The Inner Precincts of Chiyoda Castle (Chiyoda no Ōoku, Otachinoki)
Object type: Print
Date: 1896 (Meiji 29)
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1838–1912
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e) from an album of 30 or more leaves; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Ōban (each) 13 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (35.2 x 23.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. W. Walton Butterworth, 1979
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Weapons, term: Women, term: Horses