At a party in late-nineteenth-century Japan, you might be expected to sit behind a paper sliding door (shōji) while an artist captured your backlit silhouette. Here, we present images from the compilation book Clear Shadows (Kuma naki kage) (aka Shadows Without Shadows; Silhouettes; or No Shadows in Any Nook or Corner), 1867. We see silhouette … Continue reading "The Book of Clear Shadows, Silhouette Portraits Of Living For The Dead, 1867" The post The Book of Clear Shadows, Silhouette Por...
