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Earthworm (Mimizu); Cricket (Kōrogi), 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 and a thin black border around the edges. The left page has Japanese text written vertically on the left side. The right page features an illustration of green and yellow lotus leaves and stems with a cricket on one of the stems. The cricket is black with wings.

Artwork Details

Date
1788
Medium
Page from woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 416 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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