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Spotlight Lantern (Sashidashi kantera), from the series Annual Events of the Theater in Edo (Ô-Edo shibai nenjû gyôji)

(Japanese, 1853–1902)
1897 (Meiji 30), February 8
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Accession numberRES.53.20
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1953, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: March 12, 1953)
A Clash with the Enemy Near Huangzhou (Kôshû hômen no shôtotsu), from an untitled series of the Sino-Japanese War
Adachi Ginkô
1894 (Meiji 27), printed December 25; published January 1895 (Meiji 28)