Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)
Children digging up bamboo shoots.
Signature: Zeshin
Seal: Zeshin
Date: 1880s
Size: Octagon, 22,4 x 28,9 cm
Perfect impression and colours. Vertical centrefold (as usual), at lower part slightly separated, otherwise very good condition. Uchiwa-e ?
Compare: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam No RP-P-1961-117. Rappard-Boon, The Age of Yoshitoshi. Japanese prints from the Meiji- and Taishô periods. Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1990, p 79-81, No 109.9.
Lit.: The Art of Shibata Zeshin, Cat. Honolulu Academy of Arts 1979.
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