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Brush

Shibata Zeshin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown rectangular artwork with a white border on a white background. A large brown pencil with a white tip and black point is drawn in the center. A cylindrical brown object leans against the bottom of the pencil. A green, blue, and white object is in the top-left corner. Black and red Japanese characters are in the bottom-left corner.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Painting; ink and color on paper (tanzaku)
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
197 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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