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Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
Woman Making Rabbit Shadow for Small Boy1807

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print, two figures in patterned kimonos kneeling beside a latticed screen, with Japanese text columns along the left and a partial sun in the upper left

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, Woman Making Rabbit Shadow for Small Boy, 1807, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Mary Thayer Gruys, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
Japan, active circa 1799-1823
Title
Woman Making Rabbit Shadow for Small Boy
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1807
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Surimono; color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 4 11/16 × 7 1/8 in. (11.91 × 18.1 cm) Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 7/16 in. (13.97 × 18.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mary Thayer Gruys
Accession Number
AC1992.109.9
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.