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Flowers on Grass

Shibata Zeshin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a landscape with a green hill on a gold background. The hill is curved and takes up most of the image, being green with some darker green and brown shading. The hill has a few small plants on it and a brown pole standing vertically. There are two small red flowers near the bottom-left of the hill. The background of the painting behind the hill is gold and textured. The gold background also surrounds the hill in a border. The painting has a thin brown border around the edge. The style is traditional Japanese. The title of the painting is "Flowers on Grass" by artist Shibata Zeshin.

Artwork Details

Date
late 19th century
Medium
Fan painting mounted as album leaf; tempera on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 329 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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