A Private Puppet Performance
18th century
- Medium
- Color on paper
- Dimensions
- 54.5 × 92.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-123215
A large private residence is the setting for this performance by itinerant puppeteers. Chanters and a musician provide vocal and musical accompaniment for the puppeteer. To the left, behind a shoji (sliding paper-covered screen) are additional puppets. The single figure in the right foreground is probably a narrator. Women of the household enjoy the performance discreetly from behind bamboo scree…
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- 18th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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