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Collections

Shibata Zeshin
Six White Ratsmid to late 19th century

Not on view
Ink drawing on cream-colored silk or paper, a cluster of rats with overlapping rounded forms and curling tails, with a single rat seated alone to the right, Japanese inscription and red seal at lower left

Shibata Zeshin, Six White Rats, mid to late 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of George T. and Margaret W. Romani, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Shibata Zeshin
Japan, 1807-1891
Title
Six White Rats
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid to late 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 9 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (23.81 × 24.77 cm) Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 5/8 in. (25.72 × 37.15 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of George T. and Margaret W. Romani
Accession Number
M.2000.42.11
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art