Title: The Cicada Stream (Semi no Ogawa)  蝉小川
Object type: Illustrated books
Date: 1838
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: After Hasegawa Myōtei 長谷川妙躰 
Artist bio: Japanese, active late 17th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Calligrapher
Medium: Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Dimensions: each: 10 7/16 × 7 3/8 in. (26.5 × 18.7 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: Women, term: Working, term: Writing, term: Calligraphy