Nagisa Palace from the Tales of Ise by Shibata Zeshin, late 1800s. Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk. Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Nagisa Palace from the Tales of Ise

Shibata Zeshin

Year
late 1800s
Medium
Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
License
Public Domain

Nagisa Palace from the Tales of Ise is a two-panel folding screen by Shibata Zeshin. Ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk. Cleveland, Ohio, late 1800s.

The folding screen combines traditional Japanese materials with a Western influence in its depiction. It reflects a complex interplay of cultural elements.

Shibata Zeshin’s work straddles the Edo and Meiji periods, embodying tensions between tradition and modernization in Japan.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.2

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