Title: A Collection of Lively Sketches [Of Flowers and Insects] of the Ming Dynasty (Minchō shiken) 明朝紫硯
Object type: Illustrated books
Date: ca. 1812
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Ooka Shunboku 大岡春卜 
Artist bio: 1680–1763
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Set of three woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: each: 10 13/16 × 7 in. (27.5 × 17.8 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