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画本虫撰|Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰

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画本虫撰|Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

1788

Medium

Set of two woodblock printed books; ink, color, and mica (vol. 2) on paper

Tags

Dimensions

each: 9 13/16 × 7 3/16 in. (25 × 18.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013

Classification

Illustrated Books

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

1754 –1806 • Japanese

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