Title: Catching fireflies (Hotaru gari)
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1796–97
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kitagawa Utamaro 
Artist bio: Japanese, ca. 1754–1806
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image (triptych): 13 7/8 x 28 5/8 in. (35.2 x 72.7 cm)
Image (each sheet): 13 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. (35.2 x 24.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Children, term: Women