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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

Ink sketch of an elderly man in a dark cap and robe walking right, carrying a broom, with a small red seal.

Painting - Shibata Zeshin

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

Fan-shaped painting of brown autumn leaves, green grasses and pampas plumes on a pale ground.

Autumn Leaves and Grasses (Akikusa zu urushi-e senmen)

Fan-shaped album leaf of a snow-capped mountain with four birds flying across a pale sky, gold speckled mount.

Mountains with Birds

late 19th century

Painted hanging scroll of a Noh Okina mask with hexagon pattern, crane design and cords on a pale background.

Mask for the Noh Play Okina

dated 1879

Ink painting of snowy Mount Fuji above a winter village with thatched roofs, pine trees and small figures in mist.

Mount. Fuji in Winter

dated 1890

Hanging scroll of Jurōjin, an old white-bearded sage with a staff, seated by rocks and a patterned pavilion.

Jurōjin

19th century

Album leaf with a fan-shaped sheet holding three small landscape paintings, including a blue panel and an ink pine scene.

Three Landscapes

late 19th century

Fan-shaped album leaf with green grass, curled ferns, a yellow flower and pine sprigs on a pale ground, with a red seal.

Flowers on Grass

late 19th century

Ink drawing of small birds on a fan-shaped album leaf mounted on gold-speckled paper, with a red seal near the lower edge.

Birds

late 19th century

Fan-shaped album leaf with brown stylized waves and dark rocks on a pale background, mounted on gold-speckled paper.

Waves and Rocks

1880s

Fan-shaped album leaf with green grass, wooden clappers and faint pink and white flowers on a gold-flecked mount.

Flowers (pink and white) and Leaves, Clappers

late 19th century

Fan-shaped album leaf painting of green leaves, grasses and white flowers on a pale ground with gold-flecked border.

Various Plants and Grass

late 19th century

Ink painting of a gray gourd vase holding a small flower sprig on a fan-shaped leaf, with calligraphy and red seal.

Flowers in Gourd

late 19th century

Fan-shaped album leaf with long grass blades and pale pink and white flower clusters on a gold-speckled mount.

Flowers and Leaves

late 19th century

Fan-shaped album leaf showing a thatched house, a woman in the doorway, a baby outside, and a leaning tree in ink and light c

House with Woman and Baby

late 19th century

Ink and color painting of a white egret perched on a dark tree stump on a fan-shaped album leaf with gold surround.

Egret on Tree Stump

late 19th century

Folding fan with ink plum branch in blossom and a brown glazed teapot on a gold stand, by Shibata Zeshin.

Plum Branch and Teapot

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

Hanging scroll of gold lacquered hina doll stands with painted fans and patterned silk on a fan-shaped pale ground.

Cat

Unknown

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

Folding screen with three flying crows on gold ground and two egrets perched on a branch under willow fronds.

Egrets and Crows

late 19th century

Ink and color wash print of a rooster with a red comb, a hen, and three yellow chicks on pale paper.

Rooster, Hen, and Chicks

c. 1880s

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

Print of a blue-roofed temple hall among pines on rocky cliffs, with sailboats on calm water below.

A temple hall

1885

Pink bag with a tied knot, drawn in ink with Japanese calligraphy and a red seal on a pale background.

A bag

1866

Japanese print of morning glory blossoms in red, purple, and blue resting on a black lacquer tray with green leaves.

Morning Glories

ca. 1860

Woman with white hair in a dark robe reaches toward a turtle, with a broom trailing behind her, in a Japanese print.

Uba

ca. 1860

Two seated pilgrims on a green platform look toward a blossoming tree hung with white prayer strips, in a soft orange and gre

Two Pilgrims Gazing at a Tree Festooned with Prayers

Woodblock print of a straw basket hanging from a branch with a white mokuge flower and green leaves on cream paper.

Straw Basket for Fish (?) and Mokuge Flower

ca. 1875

Two children crouch in grass digging up bamboo shoots beside a bamboo grove in a hand-coloured Japanese woodblock print.

Kinderen bamboewortels opgravend

1880