/internal/media/dispatcher/967443/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDragonfly (Tonbō) and Butterflies (Chō), from the album Ehon mushi erami (Picture Book: Selected Insects)1788 (Tenmei 8)Kitagawa Utamaro ITsutaya Jūzaburō (Kōshodō)Horizontal ōban; 26.3 x 32.6 cm (10 3/8 x 12 13/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding CollectionRES.21.4610Volume 1, picture 4.
Poems by Ichifuji Nitaka (for the dragonfly) and Marena Toshinari (for the butterflies).
The artist and publisher are identified on the final page of the album.
The complete, intact album: 2003.247.1-2, 2003.248.1-2, 2003.249.1-2, and 2008.167.1-2.Prints26.300000000033309401