# Sketch of Ibaraki-dōji, in Shibata Zeshin's contemporaries

Shibata Zeshin painted this in about 1840, aged about 23. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> Even before the arrival of US ships demanding trade, Japan’s military government was experiencing economic challenges. This preparatory drawing is for a wooden plaque to be offered to a shrine, beseeching divine intervention in business affairs.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: c. 1840
- Medium: hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Dimensions: Overall: 214.6 x 195.5 cm (84 1/2 x 76 15/16 in.); Mounted: 205.2 x 185.2 cm (80 13/16 x 72 15/16 in.); Painting only: 161 x 172.2 cm (63 3/8 x 67 13/16 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.6
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Shibata Zeshin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/shibata-zeshin), Japanese, 1807–1891

1 works in the collection.

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