Artwork preview

Chasing Fireflies, A Lady of the Tenmei Era (1781-1789), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections

Mizuno Toshikata

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print. The print features two women outdoors at night. The woman on the left wears a white kimono with blue stripes. Her kimono has pink lining, and she has a red obi around her waist. She wears a black hat with a gold ornament. The woman on the right kneels and wears a green and white striped kimono. A black and red box sits beside her. The background shows a body of water, trees, and a gray sky with fireflies. Two men are in the background, one holding a net. A white rectangle with Japanese text is in the upper-left corner. Japanese text is also written vertically along the left edge. The print has a beige border.

Artwork details

Dimensions:
638 × 900 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

Shinagawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido)
The Eighth Month (Nanryo), from the series a Calendar of Elegance (Furyu junikagetsu)
Women Beside a Stream Chasing Fireflies
The Minister Toru Daijin Standing by a Lake Beneath a Crescent Moon, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry
The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ide) and the Noda Jewel River in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Noda no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Various Provinces (Shokoku Mu Tamagawa)"
The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"
Shirasuka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido)
Poet with Two Pages on the Banks of the Tatsuta
Night View of Matsuchi Hill and the San’ya Canal (Matsuchiyama San’yabori yakei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
The Elopement Scene in Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (Katsuragawa renri no shigarami, michiyuki), from the series "A Selection of Ancient and Modern Dramas (Kokon Joruri zukushi)"
Noji Jewel River in Yamato Province (Yamato Noji), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"
Fujieda, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido)
Twenty-six Prints Constituting an Album (Azuma fūzoku fuku tsukushi) 東風俗 福つくし
A Puppet Made from a Bucket, A Lady of the Enpō Era (1673–1681), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections
Yokkaichi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido)
“The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province,” from the series Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa: Chidori no Tamagawa, Mutsu meisho)
Miya, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido)
Cloth Fulling Jewel River in Settsu, from the series Six Jewel Rivers of the Various Provinces
Plum-blossom viewing in the third month at Sumida River from the series Annual Events at Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho nenjū gyōji sangatsu sumitagawa waka mōde)
Act Eight: The Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)
Yugao, from the series "Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari gojuyonjo)"
Gonchunagon Sadaie (Fujiwara no Teika), from an untitled series of parodies of the Three Evening Poems
The Seventh Month (Shichigatsu), from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)"
Women Chasing Crickets on an Autumn Moor