Minneapolis Institute of Art
Beauty catching a spider
Katsukawa Shunshō
- Date
- c. 1783
- Medium
- Hanging scroll (nikuhitsu), ink and color on silk
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
A beautiful, elegantly dressed woman stands with her back to a red lacquered lantern. Her right arm is outstretched, and she holds a wad of white paper in her hand, preparing to catch a spider that dangles from a single web strand. Katsukawa Shunshō exerted a significant influence on the development of ukiyo-e prints and paintings in the later 18th century and beyond; he also founded the Katsukawa school of artists that dominated the field of actor prints in particular up until the 1790s. Japan, Asia
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