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The Insect Book
画本虫撰
Ehon mushi erami (Picture Book of Selected Insects)
The Insect Book
画本虫撰
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Author: Ishikawa Masamochi (Rokujuen Meshimori) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Author: Ishikawa Masamochi (Rokujuen Meshimori) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1788 (Tenmei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink, color, and mica on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 27 x 18.4 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.) (ôhon)
Credit Line
Gift of John Phillips
Accession Number2003.248.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #156; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #463
Signed
Preface signed Yadoya Meshimori shirusu
Colophon signed Toriyama Sekien sho
Preface signed 宿屋飯盛しるす (Yadoya Meshimori shirusu)
Colophon signed 鳥山石燕書 (Toriyama Sekien sho)
Colophon signed Toriyama Sekien sho
Preface signed 宿屋飯盛しるす (Yadoya Meshimori shirusu)
Colophon signed 鳥山石燕書 (Toriyama Sekien sho)
Marks
Toriyama
Toyofusa
鳥山
豊房
Toyofusa
鳥山
豊房
ProvenanceGift of John Phillips