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| Keywords: Shibata Zeshin - A Poetry Reading - Walters 95157.jpg This print depicts a fairly typical poetry reading-except that sparrows are substituted for humans A distinguished poet seated before a folding screen recites his poems for a private audience His wife and children are seated near him While most members are attentive a mother turns to hush adolescents in the back row In the upper left corner there are twelve haiku poems by different writers These poets were probably members of a poetry club that commissioned Zeshin to design this print for a humorous New Year's greeting ca 1873 1891 Meiji pigments mulberry paper cm 29 85 25 08 accession number 95 157 4964 Justine Lewis Keidel date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel 1986 Poem unread twelve haiku; Signature Zeshin Tairyukyo place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license 2D Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum Historic samurai prints Shibata Zeshin Poetry readings | ||||
