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Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese
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画本虫撰
Title: Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰
Artist:
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: probably 1823 (later edition)
Culture: Japan
Medium: One from a set of two polychrome woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 9 5/8 × 7 1/16 in. (24.5 × 18 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number: JIB44b
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