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Morning Glories

Shibata Zeshin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Morning Glories by Shibata Zeshin. A black low table with four legs, with a stem and green leaves on the left and five morning glories on top; two red flowers on the right and three flowers in purple, blue, and purple from right to left; a long vine stem curled around the left leg down to bottom center. The background color is beige. A red stamp and some black Japanese writing are on the bottom right.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 422 px
Museum record:
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