Pictures of Chinese and Japanese figures

ATTRIBUTED TO SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) Pictures of Chinese and Japanese figures The first scroll titled Zeshin o hitsu Wajinbusukan (Study of Japanese people by old man Zeshin), the second scroll titled Zeshin o hitsu Kanjinbutsukan (Study of Chinese people painted by old man Zeshin), each signed and authenticated by Shoji Chikushin (1854-1936) Pair of handscrolls; ink and color on paper The first scroll: 11x 195 1/8 in. (27.9 x 495.6 cm.) The second scroll: 10 5/8 x 162 ½ in. (27 x 412.7 cm.)(2) With a wood box