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Butterfly (Chō); Dragonfly (Kagerō or Tonbo), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two-page spread from a book with a beige background. Left page has a vertical column of Japanese text. Two pink flowers with green leaves are on the bottom left, a white butterfly is above them. Right page has a large dragonfly at the top and several flowers with green leaves below it. The flowers on the right page are pink and purple. A thin black border surrounds both pages.

Artwork Details

Date
1788
Medium
Page from woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 410 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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