Album of Seasonal Themes

Album of Seasonal Themes, a painting by Shibata Zeshin, created in 1847. This artwork, from the Cleveland Museum of Art, depicts a mouse on a tan-colored background. The mouse is rendered in shades of gray and white, with subtle brushstrokes suggesting its fur. The background is a muted, light brown, and there is a vertical column of Japanese calligraphy to the right of the mouse. The painting is framed with a gold-speckled border. The exact dimensions are not provided in the metadata.