Stillleben – Kürbisförmige Sakeflasche und Pilze | Shibata Zeshin 柴田是 | 1807-1891 Gedicht They sought to expand the

They sought to expand the wealth of motifs

which underlines the professional craftsmanship that characterizes this mask face

This was not common in a Japanese middle-class house of that time—only imposing villas had such rooms

The egret is completely isolated in the depiction and therefore compactly rendered: With its open wingtips and black feet

Protected by forked branches

Stillleben – Kürbisförmige Sakeflasche und Pilze | Shibata Zeshin 柴田是 | 1807-1891 Gedicht They sought to expand theShibata Zeshin was the greatest lacquer artist of the 19th century. His lacquer objects have been priceless treasures for a hundred years. He was the son of a sculptor and was apprenticed to a lacquer painter at an early age. But then he studied painting intensively with great masters in Kyoto. In 1890 he officially became a court painter. As a painter, Zeshin always made it clear that he was a master of urushi e (lacquer painting). The sharp