Stillleben – Kürbisförmige Sakeflasche und Pilze | Shibata Zeshin 柴田是 | 1807-1891 Gedicht elegant Rinpa picture

elegant Rinpa picture

In his time

But it is precisely the patina that creates an expression of nobility

Protected by forked branches

His calligraphy style is very reminiscent of the great calligrapher Jiun Onkō (1718-1804)

Stillleben – Kürbisförmige Sakeflasche und Pilze | Shibata Zeshin 柴田是 | 1807-1891 Gedicht elegant Rinpa pictureShibata 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