Sashidashi Kantera From the Calendar of Events in Edo

Vertical ōban. Dimensions: 14 ¼ x 9 7/8 in. (36.20 x 25.08 cm)

Artist’s signature: Ōju Ginkō 応需吟光

Artist’s seal: Ginkō 吟光

Publisher’s address: Kyōbashi Nantenmachō Nichōme 17-banchi 京橋南伝馬町二丁目十七番地

Publisher’s seal: Hasegawa Sumi 長谷川寿美

Gift of Waynor and Laurie Rogers

Little is known of the life of Adachi Ginko. His given name was Adachi Heishichi. He studied Western painting with Goseda Horyo I. He designed hanshita (black outline prints) of the Boshin rebellion in 1870. He was an illustrator and a correspondent during the Sino-Japanese war. He is known to have produced actor prints, satirical cartoons, illustrations for books, and war prints. The only specific recorded event in his life was his imprisonment in 1889 for designing a cartoon that portrayed the emperor as a skeleton. He was active as a printmaker from 1874 to 1897.

This print is also held by several museums including: the Art Research Center at Ritsumeikan University http://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/results-big.php?f00=%253d%2522%258c%25f6%258a%254a%2522&f1[]=arcUP2062&f11[]=1&-max=1&singleskip=0&enter=default&skip=0, opens in a new window

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/spotlight-lantern-sashidashi-kantera-from-the-series-annual-events-of-the-theater-in-edo-%C3%B4-edo-shibai-nenj%C3%BB-gy%C3%B4ji-322681, opens in a new window

The British Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=781234&partId=1, opens in a new window

The Waseda University Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum in Tokyo http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-big.php?shiryo_no=201-0696, opens in a new window