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nobrashfestivity · 1 year

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Shibata Zeshin 柴田是眞

Mouse,19th century/Edo Period

#shibata zeshin #japanese #japanese art #mice #edo

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classic-asian-art · 3 months

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(Grasshopper and sunflower), c. 1877 by Shibata Zeshin (1877, colour woodblock print)

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heaveninawildflower · 10 months

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Peonies (circa 1890) by Shibata Zeshin (Japanese 1807–1891).

Woodblock print.

Image and text information courtesy Carnegie Museum of Art

#Shibata Zeshin #peonies #japanese art #woodblock print #botanical art

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klassizismus · 2 years

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Carp in Waves and Eagle on a Branch (Rosetsu reverse), 柴田是 Shibata Zeshin, 19th Century

#Shibata Zeshin #japanese art #meiji #animals in art #19th century art #1800s #painting

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arinewman7 · 7 months

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Brown Horse

Shibata Zeshin

Lacquer on Paper

#Shibata Zeshin #art #artist #Lacquer on Paper #Brown Horse

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gacougnol · 6 months

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Shibata Zeshin

Autumn Grasses in Moonlight (detail)

#shibata zeshin

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beifongkendo · 1 year

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Grasshopper and sunflower, by Shibata Zeshin (1877).

#ukiyo-e #woodblock print #sunflower #grasshopper #nature #shibata zeshin #meiji

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arthistoryanimalia · 1 year

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For #WorldBearDay:

Bear and Crabs by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), Japan, Edo Period, c. 1889. Album leaf; lacquer on paper, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 8.9 cm). Signature on lower right reads Hachi juni wo Zeshin (Zeshin at the age of eighty-two). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 36.100.125

This is a Japanese Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus), the endemic subspecies of the Asiatic Black Bear aka "Moon Bear" (note the white crescent on chest).

Japanese Black Bear at the Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Japan. Image: Wikimedia Commons

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the-cricket-chirps · 8 months

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Shibata Zeshin

A Carp Ascending a Waterfall

19th century

The Met collection

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topcat77 · 6 months

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Shibata Zeshin

Sun and Plum Branches

#Shibata Zeshin

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yama-bato · 11 months

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Shibata Zeshin | Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Peonies | Japan | Meiji period (1868–1912)

#Shibata Zeshin #peony

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nobrashfestivity · 4 months

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Shibata Zeshin (柴田是眞)

Flying Crow, early 1900s Woodblock print

#Shibata Zeshin #Woodblock print #japanese art #woodblock print #ukiyoe #color woodblock #japanese #woodcut

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classic-asian-art · 5 months

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Crows in flight in a red sky by Shibata Zeshin (Undated, Holzschnitt)

#art #artwork #kunst #kunstwerk #shibata zeshin #asian art #asiatische kunst #crows #krähen #birds #vögel #flying #fliegen #sky #red sky #himmel #roter himmel

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heaveninawildflower · 10 months

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'Crow' (1880) by Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891).

Woodblock print.

Image and text information courtesy Carnegie Museum of Art.

#crow #bird illustration #Shibata Zeshin #woodblock print #Japanese art

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nununiverse · 11 months

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Shibata Zeshin

#shibata zeshin

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thatsbutterbaby · 2 years

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Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807–1891) - Urushi-e (lacquer painting) of Mare’s Tail, Ferns and Butterfly 杉菜蕨胡蝶図額装漆絵 Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1880–1890. x

#Shibata Zeshin #Urushi-e (lacquer painting) of Mare’s Tail Ferns and Butterfly

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