Object type: Painting
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist: Shibata Zeshin
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: dated 1881
Medium: Lacquer and mother-of-pearl fragments
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (19.1 x 16.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Butterflies