画本虫撰|Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰
Object type: Illustrated books
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿
Artist bio: Japanese, ca. 1754–1806
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: 1788
Medium: Set of two woodblock printed books; ink, color, and mica (vol. 2) on paper
Dimensions: each: 9 13/16 × 7 3/16 in. (25 × 18.3 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Accession year: 2013
Tags: Insects|Leaves