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Two formally dressed rats about to execute the first calligraphy of the year, 1888. Color woodblock print; surimono.
Color woodblock print; surimono · 56 × 20.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Two formally dressed rats about to execute the first calligraphy of the year
- Artist
- Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891)
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; surimono
- Dimensions
- 56 × 20.3 cm (22 1/16 × 8 in.)
- Credit line
- Louise Lutz Purchased with funds provided by
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1807–1891
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.