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Shadow Pictures (Kage-e), from the series Hand Tricks of the Four Seasons (Shiki tezuma asobi)

Shadow Pictures (Kage-e), from the series Hand Tricks of the Four Seasons (Shiki tezuma asobi)

「四季手妻遊　かげゑ」

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.9 x 18.5 cm (9 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8294

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 216, #R-5-1 (mistakenly numbered 21.2994)

Signed Koryû ga
湖竜画

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#607); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.