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Shibata Zeshin

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Painting of a dark reddish flower and small pale blossom on a slender branch against a gold background, with a red seal.

Flower Blossom

Miji period (1868-1912)

Brown ink brushstrokes sweep across a gold leaf background, with a red seal and signature at the lower right.

Calligraphy

Meiji period (1868-1912)

Ink painting of mushrooms and grass blades on a gold leaf ground, with a signature and red seal at lower right.

Mushrooms

Meiji period (1868-1912)

Ink wash landscape on gold leaf with diagonal rain streaks, dark pine foliage at lower left, and small birds in flight.

Landscape

Meiji period ( 1868-1912)

Ink rabbit sketch on gold-leaf ground with a curved brown wash above and a red seal in the lower right.

Rabbit

Meiji period 91868-1912)

Ink wash hillside with pine trees above two small boats on gold leaf, with a red seal at left.

Boats near Hillside

Meiji period (1868-1912)

Gold leaf background with dark brown ink strokes forming a cage-like shape on the right and a red seal at lower left.

Cage

Meiji period ( 1868-1912)

Ink painting of a thatched cottage with a shoji window and fence, a misty mountain behind, and smoke rising at right.

Cottage and Mountains

19th century

Still life on gold ground: grey kettle, ochre vessel with paintbrushes, and a blue box, signed with a red seal.

Kettle and Box with Paint Brushes

1882

Album leaf of a black lacquer box with gold ginkgo leaves beside a red gourd on a gold background.

Lacquer Box and Gourd

Album leaf showing a bamboo insect cage with red cord beside a black round fan and a small insect on speckled gold ground.

Fan and Insect Cage

Rooster perched on an orange drum with black spiral markings against a speckled gold background.

Cock on Drum

1882

Album leaf on gold ground with persimmons on a branch, a hanging wasp nest, a wasp, and a red hedge below.

Persimmons Branch and Wasp Nest above a Hedge

Red cattails and green reeds beneath a pale full moon in a dusky sky, with a red seal at lower right.

Cat Tails and Moon

Two red birds in flight beside dark jutting rocks and curving gold grass on a grey silver background.

Birds and Jutting Rocks

Album leaf with two red woven baskets of flowering grass, a farmer's hat on a pole, and birds flying over a silver ground.

Flower Baskets and Farmer's Hat

ca. 1880s

Brown ink painting of a shaggy bear reaching toward two small crabs on a pale paper ground with gold border.

Bear and Crabs

Album leaf showing a red fire basket hung over a wooden dock above a fishing net on rippling water, on gold ground.

Fire Basket Suspended from Dock over a Fish Net in the Water

Red sun above flowering plum branches and ripples of water, painted on paper with a gold leaf border and red seal.

Sun and Plum Branches

Ink and wash painting of two bamboo shoots and leaves on pale paper, with a red seal and signature at lower left.

Bamboo Shoots

ca. 1880s

Album leaf of wisteria hanging beside an ochre cliff above rippling water, with a red seal at lower right.

Overhanging Cliff

Album leaf with a dark green mountain, thatched village houses by a misty shore, distant peaks, and a red seal.

Mountains and Houses

Ink and color painting of a butterfly on a vine with green leaves and clustered red berries on cream paper.

Red Berry Plant and Butterfly

Album leaf of brown seaweed and red algae on cream paper with a gold border, signed and sealed at lower left.

Seaweed

Painted album leaf of two planters with a green rock, grass, and arching leaves on pale paper with gold border.

Flowers in Jardenierres

Painted album leaf with red, yellow and green maple leaves on cream paper framed in gold, with a red seal at left.

Maple Leaves

Ink wash drawing of a morning glory flower with buds, tendrils and leaves in brown tones, with a red seal.

Morning Glory

Brown ink-wash painting of a thatched rice-drying frame on poles with grass and hills behind, with a red seal.

Rice-Drying Frame

Album leaf of broad green leaves, a stem and a curled worm, with brown grass strokes and a red seal on pale paper.

Worm on Green Leaved Plant

Ink painting of a tortoise moving toward a red vessel with calligraphy on a tan vertical scroll.

Tortoise

19th century

Hanging scroll of a hooded robed figure with a staff above a crouching child and a standing woman in kimono.

Group

19th century

Hanging scroll painting of a single feather with dark ink shading, bamboo quill, and red artist seal on tan ground.

Feather

19th century