Title: Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Butterflies
Object type: Painting
Date: dated 1881
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Butterflies