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Kitagawa Utamaro, (1753-1806), 1788
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Description
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Ehon mushi erabi (picture book: selected insects)
- 25 by 33cm., 9 7/8 by 13in.
an illustrated kyoka anthology (folding album), 1 vol., incomplete, vol.2 missing, dark blue cover with title-slip, depicting various species of insects accompanied by a poem with the names of the poets and the insect inscribed from right to left; 3 pp's preface, 8 double-page illustrations comprising:
1) Hairy Caterpilllar (kemushi), Yomo no Akara. Paper wasp (hachi), Shiriyake no Saruhito
2) Centipede (mukade), Shikatsube no Magao. Katydid (umaoimushi), Karagoromo Kisshu
3) Earwig (hasamimushi), Katsura no Mayuzumi. Mole cricket (kera), Yanagihara Mukau
4) Dragonfly (tombo), Ichifuji Nitaka. Butterfly (cho), Marena Toshinari
5) Green caterpillar (imomushi), Jomon Kitsumaru. Horsefly (abu), Ki no Sadamaru
6) Tree-cricket (matsumushi), Haji no Kakiyasu. Firefly (hotaru), Shurakusai Takimaro
7) Praying Mantis (toro/kamakiri), Asakusa no Ichihito. Cone-head grasshopper (batta), Ikimi Kuronari
8) Spider (kumo), Tsuburi Hikaru. Evening cicada (higurashi), Hyakkisai Morikado
unsigned
1) Hairy Caterpilllar (kemushi), Yomo no Akara. Paper wasp (hachi), Shiriyake no Saruhito
2) Centipede (mukade), Shikatsube no Magao. Katydid (umaoimushi), Karagoromo Kisshu
3) Earwig (hasamimushi), Katsura no Mayuzumi. Mole cricket (kera), Yanagihara Mukau
4) Dragonfly (tombo), Ichifuji Nitaka. Butterfly (cho), Marena Toshinari
5) Green caterpillar (imomushi), Jomon Kitsumaru. Horsefly (abu), Ki no Sadamaru
6) Tree-cricket (matsumushi), Haji no Kakiyasu. Firefly (hotaru), Shurakusai Takimaro
7) Praying Mantis (toro/kamakiri), Asakusa no Ichihito. Cone-head grasshopper (batta), Ikimi Kuronari
8) Spider (kumo), Tsuburi Hikaru. Evening cicada (higurashi), Hyakkisai Morikado
unsigned
Literature
Asano and Clark, The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, pl.463