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Mole Cricket (Kera); Earwig, (Hasami-mushi), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two-page spread from a book with beige pages and black text. Left page: a large grey insect with six legs and antennae; insect's body segmented; long yellow protrusions from back; small insect below; both insects colored with shades of brown and yellow. Right page: a branch with green leaves and white flowers; small black insect on a leaf; background features another insect curled up and several other small details. Images framed by thin black lines; pages separated by a thin gap.

Artwork details

Date:
1788
Medium:
Page from woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 410 px
Museum record:
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