｜Birdclapper and rice.|Japan. Late Edo period. Around 1832. Paint on paper. 20.5 x 24.8cm.｜Between the almost ripe rice is hanging a rattle of wood and bamboo. A motif, which is also found in other works of Zeshin.｜The artist signed his paintings from 1832 with his name Zeshin. The signature in sôshô style was used by Zeshin from 1832 to ca. 1840. The seal used here can be found on works around 1832.｜Sign: Zeshin. Seal: Reisai. Mounted as hanging scroll. Condition A/B. Wooden box with inscription: Zeshin. ｜Literature:|-Howard Link: The Art of Shibata Zeshin. 1979, pp. 184-190.