

Land Snail (Katatsumuri); Giant Katydid (Kutsuwamushi), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)
Two-page spread from a book with a black line border around both pages on a beige background. Left page shows a drawing of a large brown insect on top of a brown and yellow striped vegetable. The vegetable and insect sit on top of green leaves and white flowers with green stems. A small snail shell sits to the left of the vegetable. The right page has Japanese writing in black ink down the right side. The background behind the pages is white.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1788
- Medium
- Page from woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 599 × 418 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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