Silhouettes of Actors (?) as Traveller (R) Frightened by Ghost (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Silhouettes of Actors (?) as Traveller (R) Frightened by Ghost (L)

Silhouettes of Actors (?) as Traveller (R) Frightened by Ghost (L)

化け物に驚いた旅人の影絵

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1782 (Tenmei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 31.3 x 29 cm (12 5/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7104-5

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #505; Gookin cat. #260

DescriptionDiptych: 21.7104 (left), 21.7105 (right)

Signed Shunshô ga (on left sheet only)
春章画

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.