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Egrets and Crows

Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真

Painting of three black crows in flight on the left and two white egrets standing on a tree branch on the right, with a golden background, and a thin. Painting is on two vertical panels joined together in the center, with a rectangular border of flower-patterned textile surrounds the entire painting. — Two-panel folding screen; colored lacquer, white pigment, and gold leaf on paper; 53 1/2 × 36 in (each). Public Domain

Artist
Shibata Zeshin

Subject Area
Creatures of the Sky

Artistic Techniques
Lacquer

More about this art at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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Museum of Fine Arts Boston ↗

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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Honolulu Museum of Art ↗

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Asian Art Museum ↗

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Cleveland Museum of Art ↗

Image of Egrets in Snow by Tsubaki Chinzan — Egrets in Snow
Minneapolis Institute of Art ↗

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National Gallery of Victoria ↗

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Seattle Art Museum ↗