Bamboo Poetry Sheet

Shibata Zeshin, fall 1860

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Bamboo Poetry Sheet, fall 1860. Color woodblock print; surimono.

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Color woodblock print; surimono · 57 × 43 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Bamboo Poetry Sheet
Artist: Shibata Zeshin Japanese, 1807-1891
Date: fall 1860
Medium: Color woodblock print; surimono
Dimensions: 57 × 43 cm (22 1/2 × 16 15/16 in.)
Credit line: Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift
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.