Lotus from Album of Paintings by the Venerable Zeshin
Shibata Zeshin
1847
- Medium
- leaf in accordion-style album; ink, color, and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- Each leaf: 19.7 x 18.4 cm (7 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Bound volume
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
The artist used a wet on wet painting technique called tarashikomi (dripping in) to created the mottled leaf surface.
