| Gyrating Shadow LanternMixed media America 1875 13" x 11" x 11"
Sold by McLoughlin Bros., New York. This gyrating shadow toy was panted on October 18,1875. Cutout shadow figures are viewed as moving shadows on the four panels that make up the outside of the lantern. Lit candles provide heat that turn the metal frame that the shadow figures are affixed to.
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| Fantastic GalleryMixed media America 1875 Box: 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 1 1/2"
The metal frame holding the shadows is to be placed over a light with candles and the heat from the candles will move the figures and shadows will be reflected on the shade.
Sold by McLoughlin Bros.
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| Woodblock Japan 1748 10 1/2" x 14" (double page) | |||||||
| Naito Toyomaso(1773-1850) Woodblock Japan c.1810 10" x 7"
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| Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) Hand-colored woodblock Japan c. 1850 15" x11"
The print is from the series Female Amusements of the Five Festival and shows two women looking at the shadows made by a gyrating shadow toy.
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| The Month of June: Mother Bathing Her ChildKunisada(1786-1864) Woodblock Japan c. 1830 14" x 9"
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| Kunisada(1786-1864) Woodblock print Japan c. 1850 3" x 7"
Cover image of woodblock print book with 34 pages and 18 prints.
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| Eitaku Kobayashi Woodblock Japan 1894 7 1/8" x 10 1/2"
Page from Children's Games by Eitaku Kobayashi. Published by The Hakubunkwan, Japan
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| Anonymous Woodblock Japan 10" x 7"
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| Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Woodblock Japan 1835 image:3 1/2" x 4 1/2", page:8 3/4" x 5 1/2"
A page from "Picture book of 1000 characters poem (B283)". The 1000 non-repeating characters used to teach writing to children.
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| Lacqured box France c, 1870 Image: 2" x 1 1/2", box: 3" x 3" x 3"
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