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Long-tailed Rooster

Shibata ZeshinLinkedCulture matchlcp-7a30bd5c678c

Date: 19th century
Medium: Hanging scroll, ink, color, and lacquer on paper (urushi-e)
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID: 2559

Onagadori are roosters specially bred in Japan for their long tail feathers. Here, Shibata Zeshin depicted an extraordinary specimen whose feathers hang to the ground from the rooster's perch on a plum branch. Typical of Zeshin's style, the bird is rendered with superhuman precision, with each feather of its luxurious plumage carefully delineated in lustrous pigments. Asia

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Credit line: Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.

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