Chūrui gafu : zen

By

Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806

Ishikawa, Masamochi, 1754-1830

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Tōkyō, Ōkura Magobē, Meiji 25 [1892]

Notes

Title from label mounted on cover.

880-04 | Seal in red on leaf facing colophon: Kinʼeidō zōhan shō.

880-05 | Responsibility of text: Yadoya Meshimori [Ishikawa Masamochi] sen. Cf. Kokusho sōmokuroku. Hoteiban. 1989-1991. Dai 5-kan, p. 674.

880-06 | Orihon binding (folding book in accordion style).

Contains colour prints of insects and some reptiles of Japan with accompanying plants: bees, caterpillars, dragonflies, butterflies, fireflies, mantis, spider, snake, lizard, snail, beetles, cicada, earthworm, frog and others. Each picture also carries kyōka poems describing the insects. The folding book binding allows each print to fully display on the same side of the leaf.

Subjects

Color prints, Japanese , Edo period, 1600-1868 , Insects , Insects in art , Japan , Kyōka , Pictorial works

Call Number

QL 466 K52 1892 AEU

Language

Japanese

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/t.173938
OCLC: 987640493