SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)

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SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)

The three essentials of daily life: food, clothing, beauty

a triptych of hanging scrolls, ink and color on silk, each 92.2 x 31.2cm., each signed Zeshin and sealed variously Zeshin and Tairyukyo, in fitted and inscribed wood tomobako signed Koma Zeshin ga

Literature

The preparatory drawing for the "Clothing" subject is illustrated in Goke Tadaomi, Shibata Zeshin eiyo tegara (Tokyo 1981), no. 87, p.119

Exhibited

Mitsukoshi, Zeshin (New York 1980), no. 43

Lot Essay

Zeshin represents food on the left panel by depicting a covered pestle and mortar used for grinding rice, clothing by showing the various stages of sericuilture and beauty by a basket containing a large assortment of flowers.