New Year's Day in the Year of the Rooster, Shibata Zeshin, 1877

A rooster, hen and two chicks on the stick of a bamboo curtain with traditional new year decorations of leaves, straw and fronds. Label line: mentioned on object shibata zeshin (1807 - 1891), 1877, color woodcut; line block in black with color blocks collection: prints; japan (collection). Date: 1877. Place of creation: Japan. Dimensions: blad Height: 241 mm (9.48 in) blad Width: 251 mm (9.88 in). Medium: paper. Nieuwjaarsdag in het jaar van de haan-Rijksmuseum RP-P-1978-148