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Land Snail (Katatsumuri); Giant Katydid (Kutsuwamushi), 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 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
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