Autumn Grasses in Moonlight

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Artist: Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)
Date: second half of the 19th century
Medium: Two-panel folding screen; ink, lacquer, silver, and silver leaf on paper
Dimensions: Image (each panel): 18 in. × 33 1/4 in. (45.7 × 84.5 cm) Each panel, with frame: 26 1/8 × 34 3/8 in. (66.4 × 87.3 cm) Overall with frame (both panels): 26 1/8 in. × 69 in. (66.4 × 175.3 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Accession no.: 1975.268.137

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Shibata Zeshin
Unknown · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001028
Bird and Cattails
Shibata Zeshin
Meiji period (1868–1912) · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001029
Mountain and Landscape
Shibata Zeshin
Meiji period (1868–1912) · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001030
Water Scene with Mountain
Shibata Zeshin
Meiji Period (1868–1912) · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001031

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.