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The Ceremony of the Promulgation of the Constitution in the State Chamber of the New Imperial Palace (Shin kôkyo seiden ni oite kenpô happushiki no zu)

(Japanese, 1853–1902)
1889 (Meiji 22), February 14
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 36.5 × 72.4 cm (14 3/8 × 28 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1330a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)
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)