安達吟光画 第二番目狂言 漂流奇譚 西洋劇 三幕目 アメリカ鉄道の場|“Act II, Scene 2: Along Train Tracks in America,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki
1879
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
Dimensions
image: 13 7/8 x 9 in. (35.2 x 22.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number
2007.49.323
Tags
Art Historical Context
This vibrant woodblock print by Adachi Ginkō a dramatic moment from *Act II, Scene 2: Along Train Tracks in*, part of the 1879 series *The Tale of the Castaways A Western Kabuki*.ed in the nishiki-e technique—known as "brocade pictures" for their rich, multicolored layers—the vertical ōban format (about 14 x 9 inches) showcases in kabuki roles amid an exotic Western landscape of trees and railway tracks. Men and women in elaborate costumes evoke tension and adventure, blending Japan's theatrical traditions with imagined American scenery. Created during Japan's Meiji period (1868–1912), a time...
About the Artist
Adachi Ginkō · 1853–1908
Adachi Ginkō (安達 吟光, 1853–after 1908), born Adachi Heishichi in the spring of 1853, emerged as a prolific Japanese printmaker during the transformative Meiji era. Little is known of his early years beyond his birth in the second month of Kaei 6 (roughly March or April), but he pursued formal training under the painter Goseda Hōryū, a master of Western-style yōga techniques. This exposure to Europe...