Illustration of the Issuing of the State Constitution in the State Chamber of the New Imperial Palace (Shin kōkyo ni oite seiden kenpō happushiki no zu 新皇居於テ正殿憲法発布式之図)
Illustration of the Issuing of the State Constitution in the State Chamber of the New Imperial Palace (Shin kōkyo ni oite seiden kenpō happushiki no zu 新皇居於テ正殿憲法発布式之図)

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Illustration of the Issuing of the State Constitution in the State Chamber of the New Imperial Palace (Shin kōkyo ni oite seiden kenpō happushiki no zu 新皇居於テ正殿憲法発布式之図),

1889 [Meiji 22], March 14

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, active 1874–1897
Published by Ōkura Sonhyōe 大倉孫兵衛
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-93 a-c

Information

Title
Illustration of the Issuing of the State Constitution in the State Chamber of the New Imperial Palace (Shin kōkyo ni oite seiden kenpō happushiki no zu 新皇居於テ正殿憲法発布式之図)
Dates

1889 [Meiji 22], March 14

Maker
Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光
Published by Ōkura Sonhyōe 大倉孫兵衛
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
sheet (center): 25.4 × 37.2 cm (10 × 14 5/8 in.) 37.4 × 73.5 cm (14 3/4 × 28 15/16 in.) mat: 50 × 87.3 cm (19 11/16 × 34 3/8 in.) sheet (left): 25.4 × 37.5 cm (10 × 14 3/4 in.) sheet (right): 25.3 × 37.5 cm (9 15/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-93 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Artist’s: “Ojū Ginkō” 應需吟光 (in 2 lines, lower left of rightmost sheet)
Inscription
Cartouches: all on rightmost sheet 1. Lower right edge (1/3-1/2-way to bottom): 2 lines on a loosely scrolled paper form, divided with a vertical line: Rt: 明治廿二年三月二日印刷 Lt: 仝年三月十四日出 版 2. Immediately to the left of #1, small b&w square intaglio seal *? 3. Immediately below #2, small b&w square relief seal *? 4. Immediately to the left of #s2 & 3, aligned approximately with the top & bottom of the 2 seals: 一二O一 (1201—Number of this print in edition?) 5. Urn-shaped cartouche, directly below above (1-4): (r>l): 著作印刷兼發行者 大倉孫兵衛 日本橋区通壱丁目 十九番地 6. Very small rectangular cartouche, black background with red 字: 梅澤印? (looks like a lazy “D”) Umezawa-in? 7. Artist’s (printed) signature (“Ojū Ginkō”) in 2 lines: 應需 吟光 8. Square red seal, overlaying bottom characters of each line of signature (#7): 謹画
Marks/Labels/Seals
Sealed: one seal unread Publisher: Seal unread
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, oban, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
men, figures (representations), women, public officers, ceremonies, rooms

–2008 Collection of Ruth Leserman (Los Angeles, CA) and Allen R. Adler (New York, NY), co-ownership. 2008 Allen R. Adler (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2008.

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