Title: Myriad Birds:A Playful Poetry Contest (Momo chidori kyōka-awase), 2 vols.
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: 1790
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kitagawa Utamaro 
Artist bio: Japanese, ca. 1754–1806
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Two volumes; woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Each: 10 × 7 1/2 × 1/4 in. (25.4 × 19.1 × 0.6 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY