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Woman and Child Catching Fireflies

ca. 1795
Not on view
A woman holds a firefly cage, while the young boy pursues the insects, picked out in white against a luminescent night sky achieved through the use of powdered black mica. The irises in the background also show that the setting is early summer.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 栄松斎長喜画 蛍狩りの親子
  • Title: Woman and Child Catching Fireflies
  • Artist: Eishōsai Chōki (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: ca. 1795
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Vertical ōban; 14 13/16 x 9 5/8in. (37.6 x 24.4cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
  • Object Number: JP1739
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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