Painting
19th century
Medium
Album of seventeen sketches; watercolor on paper; mounted on natural silk
Dimensions
Image: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gifts, Bequests, and Funds from various donors, by exchange, 1952
Accession Number
52.160.3a–q
Tags
Art Historical Context
Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891), a master of Japanese painting and lacquerware during Japan's transformative Meiji period (18681912), created this intimate *Album of Seventeen Sketches*. Produced in the 19th century, it captures Zeshin's virtuosic skill in watercolor on paper, delicately mounted on natural silk.oused in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Art Department, the album measures 11 x 14 inches per image, offering visitors a window into the refined world of Japanese sketchbooks, or *shasei-ga*, where artists honed their observational prowess. Zeshin's work bridges traditional Edo-period aes...
About the Artist
Shibata Zeshin · 1807–1891
Japanese, 1807–1891