A light-colored piece of paper with a drawing of four butterflies and text on it. The butterflies are in various shades of blue, orange, pink and yellow. The largest butterfly is blue with gray spots on its wings and yellow and brown on the backside. The second largest butterfly is orange with darker orange and black spots on the edges. A small pink butterfly and a small white and yellow butterfly are behind the larger ones. On the left side, there are several lines of black text. On the right side, there is a red seal with several lines of text.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 568 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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