Title: A Beginner’s Pictorial Encyclopedia of Natural History
Object type: Illustrated books
Date: 1794 (second edition; 1761 original edition)
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Tachibana Morikuni 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1679–1748
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Three volumes of woodblock printed books (Japanese-style binding); ink on paper
Dimensions: All 3 volumes together: 10 11/16 × 7 1/16 in. (27.2 × 18 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Gift of Anita V. Beenk, 2016
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY