Shibata Zeshin

Born: 1807

Death: 1891

Biography:

Shibata Zeshin (柴田 是真, March 15, 1807 – July 13, 1891) was a Japanese painter and lacquerer of the late Edo period and early Meiji era. In Japan, he is known as both too modern, a panderer to the Westernization movement, and also an overly conservative traditionalist who did nothing to stand out from his contemporaries. Despite holding this odd rep...