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Shibata Zeshin

1807–1891 · Japanese

Born
1807 · Ryōgoku
Died
1891 · Asakusa-ku

97 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Shibata Zeshin was a Japanese lacquer painter and print artist of the late Edo period and early Meiji era. He is known as both too modern and an overly conservative traditionalist in Japan, yet is well regarded in the Western art world.

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Shibata Zeshin (柴田 是真; March 15, 1807 – July 13, 1891) was a Japanese lacquer painter and print artist of the late Edo period and early Meiji era. He has been called "Japan's greatest lacquerer", but his reputation as painter and print artist is more complex: In Japan, he is known as both too modern, a panderer to the Westernization movement, and also an overly conservative traditionalist who did nothing to stand out from his contemporaries. Despite holding this complicated reputation in Japan, Zeshin has come to be well regarded and much studied among the art world of the West, in Britain and the United States in particular.

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Shibata Zeshin, Nagisa Palace from the Tales of Ise

Shibata Zeshin

Nagisa Palace from the Tales of Ise, late 1800s

Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk

175.3 × 190.5 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-115219

Shibata Zeshin, Sketch of Ibaraki-dōji

Shibata Zeshin

Sketch of Ibaraki-dōji, c. 1840

hanging scroll, ink on paper

214.6 × 195.5 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-113724

Shibata Zeshin, Gathering of Otsu-e Subjects

Shibata Zeshin

Gathering of Otsu-e Subjects, late 1800s

Eight-panel folding screen; ink and color on hemp

101 × 396 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-111083

Shibata Zeshin, Uba

Shibata Zeshin

Uba, ca. 1860

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18.1 × 24.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-239380

Shibata Zeshin, Morning Glories

Shibata Zeshin

Morning Glories, ca. 1860

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

21.6 × 29.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-241418

Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真, Lighting a Hanging Lantern for the Obon Festival

Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真

Lighting a Hanging Lantern for the Obon Festival, circa 1860

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

23.2 × 16.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-317743

Shibata Zeshin, Surimono

Shibata Zeshin

Surimono, ca. 1860

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19.7 × 27.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-244742

Shibata Zeshin, Inrō Partly in a Green Bag with Pattern of White Foxes

Shibata Zeshin

Inrō Partly in a Green Bag with Pattern of White Foxes, 1862 (Dog Year)

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

20 × 27.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-217243

Shibata Zeshin, Rooster, Hen, and Chicks

Shibata Zeshin

Rooster, Hen, and Chicks, c. 1880s

color woodblock print

28.9 × 43.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-214331

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

Shibata Zeshin

Folding Screen for Tea Ceremony with Six Bird-and-Flower Paintings, late 19th century

Two-panel folding screen; lacquer, color, and silver on paper

36.8 × 78.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-136309

Shibata Zeshin, Fans and Flowers

Shibata Zeshin

Fans and Flowers, 1868–1912

Two-panel folding screen; color on silk

67.9 × 175.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-136045

Shibata Zeshin, Boy on Ox

Shibata Zeshin

Boy on Ox, 19th century

Hanging scroll; ink on silk

12.9 × 12.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-136014

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