Title: Tortoises and Crabs
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions: 39 1/8 x 14 in. (99.4 x 35.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Gifts, Bequests, and Funds from various donors, by exchange, 1951
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Crabs, term: Turtles