Title: Egrets and Crows
Object type: Screen
Date: late 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Individual panels remounted as a two-panel folding screen; colored lacquer, white pigment, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions: Image (each panel): 53 1/2 x 36 in. (135.9 x 91.4 cm)
Overall (each panel): 60 7/8 x 39 1/4 in. (154.6 x 99.7 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, 2011
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds