Title : Petals Caught in a Twister

Artist : Shibata Zeshin

Date : 19th century

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Source : Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Description : A strong gust buffets three travelers, forcing them to bend this way and that. Gray diagonal lines suggest rain is also falling on these unfortunate travelers. They are hurrying to a farmhouse whose thatched roof can be seen in the hill ahead of them. Zeshin carefully observed the postures and movement of human bodies and created this comical but realistic composition.

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