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画本虫撰 「はつた 意気躬黒成 蟷螂 浅草市人」
Praying Mantis (Tôrô/kamakiri) and Cone-headed Grasshopper (Batta), from the album Ehon mushi erami (Picture Book: Selected Insects)
画本虫撰 「はつた 意気躬黒成 蟷螂 浅草市人」
Japanese
Edo period
1788 (Tenmei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26.4 x 32.4 cm (10 3/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession NumberRES.21.464
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #463.07
DescriptionVolume 1, picture 7.
Poems by Asakusa no Ichihito (for the praying mantis) and Ikimi Kuronari (for the cone-headed grasshopper).
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.
Poems by Asakusa no Ichihito (for the praying mantis) and Ikimi Kuronari (for the cone-headed grasshopper).
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.
Signed
(this page unsigned)
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