Zeshin SAMA Catalogue

Zeshin: The Catherine and Thomas Edson Collection. Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) was one of the most unusual Japanese artists of the nineteenth century. Not only did he achieve almost fame as a painter of silk or paper scrolls and as a lacquerer of boxes and trays, something no one had done before, he even invented a type of "lacquer painting" (urushi-e) - well represented in the Edson Collection - that enabled him to combine both of those ancient arts. Directo's foreword by Marious Oettinger, Jr., PhD. Curator Emeritus of Latin American Art. 153 pages 8.5 x 11.5 inches 230 illustrations ISBN 978-1-883502-14-0 Softcover Published by the San Antonio Museum of Art 2007