Dance in Art

The Shadow Dancers

Yamamoto Baiitsu (Japanese, 1783–1856)

Medium:

handscroll, ink and color on silk

Collection:

Japanese Art

Source:

cma

Rights:

CC0

The Shadow Dancers, by Yamamoto Baiitsu (Japanese, 1783–1856), is a public-domain handscroll, ink and color on silk in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.