Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Plum Branch with Oil Lamp, Shibata Zeshin, 1882

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Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Plum Branch with Oil Lamp, Meiji period (1868–1912), 1882, Japan, Lacquer on paper, 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( x cm), Ceramics, Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891), Well known in the West as a painter and a lacquer artist, Shibata Zeshin enjoyed longevity in both his life and his career. At age eleven, he began an apprenticeship with the leading lacquer artist, Koma Kan'ya (Kansai II, 1767–1835); at sixteen, he began to study painting under Suzuki Narei (1795–1844) of the Shijō school

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