画本虫撰 バッタと蟷螂|Cone-headed Grasshopper or Locust, (batta); Praying Mantis (Tōrō or Kamakiri), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)
Kitagawa Utamaro
1788 · Page from woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper · Asian Art
Ehon mushi erami (Picture Book of Crawling Creatures) is illustrated with fifteen designs of insects and other garden creatures by Utamaro. Published by Tsutaya Jūzaburō , the poems were selected and introduced by a preface written by the poet and scholar Yadoya no Meshimori (Rokujuen; 1753–1830), who later became head of the influential Go-gawa poetry group. Several of the top kyōka poets of the day were invited to contribute.
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Date
- 1788
- Medium
- Page from woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1918
