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Shibata Zeshin

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Two-panel folding screen with six small painted paper leaves showing flowers, a bird, pine and plum branches on grey ground.

Folding Screen for Tea Ceremony with Six Bird-and-Flower Paintings

late 19th century

Hanging scroll of a dark carp leaping up a pale waterfall beside a blue panel with gold foliage patterns.

A Carp Ascending a Waterfall

19th century

Six-panel gold screen of women and children in kimono around a low table, with an ink landscape screen at left.

Parody of the Four Accomplishments

second half of the 19th century

Hanging scroll with a large red rising sun over a pale ground, soft horizontal red bands, and a signature with red seal.

Rising Sun

second half of the 19th century

Hanging scroll of dark ink rock cliffs with a pale waterfall and white spray over rocks at the bottom, in blue brocade mounti

Rocks and Waterfall

Hanging scroll of a dark carp swimming up a misty waterfall in soft gray ink on a tan silk ground.

Carp Ascending Waterfall

19th century

Hanging scroll of red vine leaves and a blue-headed bird perched on a dark rock above rippling water.

Leaves and Bird

19th century

Hanging scroll showing stacked tortoises tied with a red cord and two crabs on a plain tan silk ground.

Tortoises and Crabs

19th century

Hanging scroll of Mount Fuji above sailboats on water, with a dark headland and pine trees in soft ink wash.

Sailboats and Mount Fuji

19th century

Folding screen with ink and color figures of Otsu-e folk characters, a demon, a monk, a mouse and a crow.

Gathering of Otsu-e Subjects

late 1800s

Two-panel folding screen with dark autumn grasses, vines and insects on silver leaf, with a gold moon on the right.

Autumn Grasses in Moonlight

second half of the 19th century

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

Narrow scroll painting of an upright brush beside a bamboo object, with a green cloud motif at upper left and a red seal.

Brush

19th century

Vertical panel with two standing figures in patterned kimono, red and gold tones, against a dark speckled background.

Dolls (Tate-bina)

19th century

Hanging scroll of three crows in flight painted in ink and grey wash on pale silk, with a red seal at lower right.

Three Crows in Flight

19th century

Hanging scroll of a misty temple complex with pine trees and mountains in soft grey ink washes.

Temple in Autumn Rain

Two dressed rats on a red mat, one holding a brush beside an inkstone, with Japanese calligraphy text across the sheet.

Two formally dressed rats about to execute the first calligraphy of the year

1888