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Red Dragonfly (Akatonbo); Locust (Inago), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two-panel illustration with a beige background. Left panel features a red dragonfly on a reed stem with several long leaves; the dragonfly has a red body and clear wings. The right panel shows a locust on a stem and a bunch of flowers with green leaves; the flowers are pink, purple, and white. There are Japanese characters written vertically on the left panel. The illustration depicts a Red Dragonfly and a Locust from a Picture Book of Crawling Creatures by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Artwork Details

Date
1788
Medium
Page from woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 412 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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