Title: How to Draw Birds, Insects and Fish Simply (Chōjū ryakugashiki) 鳥獣略画式
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: 1797, eighth month (Kansei 9)
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kuwagata Keisai 鍬形蕙斎 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1764–1824
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (26.5 × 18.2 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Elephants, term: Fish, term: Insects