Egrets and Crows

Quick Overview

Artist: Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Individual panels remounted as a two-panel folding screen; colored lacquer, white pigment, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions: Image (each panel): 53 1/2 x 36 in. (135.9 x 91.4 cm) Overall (each panel): 60 7/8 x 39 1/4 in. (154.6 x 99.7 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, 2011
Accession no.: 2011.572.3

Cat
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.