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Ehon mushi erami (Picture Book of Selected Insects)

(Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
1788 (Tenmei 8)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book; ink, color, and mica on paper
DimensionsOverall: 27 x 18.4 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.) (ôhon)
Credit LineGift of John Phillips
Accession number2003.248.1-2
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceGift of John Phillips
Page 10
Kitagawa Utamaro I
1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Shiohi no tsuto (Gifts from the Ebb Tide)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Page 9
Kitagawa Utamaro I
1790 (Kansei 2)
Fugen-zô (The Image of the Bodhisattva Fugen)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
1790 (Kansei 2)
Page 1
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Page 5
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Page 5
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1803 (Kyôwa 3)