Title: Persimmons Branch and Wasp Nest above a Hedge
Object type: Album leaf
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Album leaf; lacquer on gold paper
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (12.1 x 8.9 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: Fruit, term: Insects