Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)


Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1890Pair of miniature album leaves mounted as kakejiku (vertical hanging scrolls); ink and slight colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting (right) a horse and a herdboy crossing a bridge and (left) a monkey looking through the lattice of a rustic window, each signed Zeshin with seal Koma, with a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed and signed by Zeshin's pupil Ayaoka Yushin (1846-1910) Shibata Zeshin-o hitsu Bokudo Ensozaru sofuku (Diptych of Herdboy and Monkey in a Window by the venerable Zeshin), Ayaoka Yushin kansho (Certified and inscribed by Ayaoka Yushin) with seal Ayaoka Yushin, and another green seal. Each overall: 101cm x 36.2cm (39¾in x 14¼in); image: 8.6cm x 8.8cm (3½in x 3½in). (3).