

Tree cricket (Matsumushi); Firefly (Hotaru), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)
A two-panel artwork depicting a plant with long leaves and flowers on the left side. A small insect is flying above the plant. On the right panel, another insect is shown near the center; the rest of the space is filled with vertical writing in a foreign script. The background of both panels is a mottled gray-brown color.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1788
- Medium
- Page from woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 599 × 417 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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