A temple hall

Shibata Zeshin, 1885

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A temple hall, 1885. Color woodblock print; surimono.

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Color woodblock print; surimono · 38.7 × 23 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: A temple hall
Artist: Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891)
Date: 1885
Medium: Color woodblock print; surimono
Dimensions: 38.7 × 23 cm (15 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.)
Credit line: Nathalie Gookin Fund in memory of Frederick Gookin
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1807–1891

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Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.