Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Butterflies, Meiji period (1868–1912), dated 1881, Japan, Lacquer and mother-of-pearl fragments, 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (19.1 x 16.5 cm), Paintings, Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891), The strong color effect seen in this album is achieved by using lacquer as a painting medium. Painting with lacquer on paper was one of the techniques Zeshin developed into his own style. Despite the heavy material, Zeshin's skillful brushwork and his technical inventions with the material made it possible to create various textures as with ink painting
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