Skeletons Holding Seals, second half 19th century, Doi Gōga, Japanese, 1817 - 1881, 53 11/16 × 17 1/2 in. (136.37 × 44.45 cm) (image)83 9/16 × 22 7/8 in. (212.25 × 58.1 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 19th century, Five inky skeletons with spindly limbs dance around, two of whom grasp seals in their bony hands. We can see right through their ribcages but elsewhere their bodies have the bulk and mass of the living; indeed, they are very much alive, and although they raise their