# Lotus from Album of Paintings by the Venerable Zeshin

- By: Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)
- Date: 1847
- Medium: leaf in accordion-style album; ink, color, and gold on silk
- Classification: Bound Volume
- Dimensions: Each leaf: 19.7 x 18.4 cm (7 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.130.f)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.130.f/1990.130.f_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The artist used a wet on wet painting technique called tarashikomi (dripping in) to created the mottled leaf surface.