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Egret on Tree Stump

Shibata Zeshin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gold rectangular background with speckled texture. A large light-brown wavy shape covers most of the image. A dark-brown tree stump protrudes from the left side of the wavy shape towards the center. A white bird with a long neck and beak stands on top of the tree stump. The bird faces right. A few small red berries hang from a branch on the tree stump.

Artwork Details

Date
late 19th century
Medium
Fan painting mounted as album leaf; tempera on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 333 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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