JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL "Otafuku" by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) Shibata Zeshin: 1807-1891 Born in Edo, Ryogoku. Learned from Suzuki Nanrei, Okamoto Toyohiko. Shibata Zeshin (柴田 是真, March 15, 1807 – July 13, 1891) was a Japanese lacquer, painter and print artist of the late Edo period and early Meiji era. He has been called "Japan's greatest lacquerer", but his reputation as painter and print artist is more complex: In Japan, he is known as both too modern, a panderer to the Westernization movement, and also an overly conservative traditionalist who did nothing to stand out from his contemporaries. Despite holding this complicated reputation in Japan, Zeshin has come to be well regarded and much studied among the art world of the West, in Britain and the United States in particular. Primary Material: Silk & Fabric Technique: Hand painted Roller Ends: Bone Condition: Refer to all pictures: insignificant stains, wrinkles, damage. W 69.5 x H 137 (cm) = W 27.36 x H 53.94(inch). Weight: 610 g. Width (including roller ends): 76.5cm. Auction results: Auction date Name of the art Size Medium Hammer price 03-29-2005 Miniature painting of lacquer paintings 3.35 x 4.37 in lacquer 26,400 USD 03-29-2005 Miniature painting of lacquer paintings 4.25 x 3.35 in lacquer. 24,000 USD 09-17-2009 Miniature painting of lacquer paintings 4.40 x 3.40 lacquer. 8,750 USD. 05-14-2008 Unknown 37.40 x 12.09 in. Ink, $6,897 USD. 09-16-2008 Dai Andao breaking his harp Hou Mu attending a feast under flowering trees, 39.25 x 14.49 in. Ink, $5,625 USD. 09-22-2005 Ema (votive plaque) for the year of the horse 11.22 x 14.96 in, Ink, $3,120 USD. 09-22-2005 Sparrows on plum branch on sunset, 68.23 x 36.50 in, Ink $3,120 USD.