Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Grasshopper on Gourd Vine

Shibata Zeshin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beige background with a gold border. A grasshopper sits on a plant vine. The grasshopper has a brown head, long antennae, and wings with brown, white and yellow stripes. The plant vine is green with several leaves and a white flower. Two green cylindrical objects resembling gourds are visible behind the vine. Black and red calligraphy is at the bottom right.