A crab with a beige body, green legs and two long spindly front claws sits on a long green stem with rounded oval leaves; the crab looks directly at the viewer with large bulging eyes, and its body is a mixture of beige red and green, on a light gray background; there are several columns of black Japanese characters on the right and top and one red Japanese character on the left.
Artwork details
- Date:
- 19th century
- Medium:
- Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 600 × 431 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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