Title(s)

Horsefly on bindweed and caterpillar on taro plant

Object type

• page

Object number

RP-P-1960-10B-7

Catalogue reference

• Forrer 36
• Jap Cat II 85

Description

pagina 6b en 7a in deel één van het Insectenboek van Utamaro.

Artist

• print maker: Kitagawa Utamaro
• publisher: Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo)

Place

Edo

Dating

1788

Physical features

nishikie, with blindprinting

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut / blind-stamped

Measurements

height 250 mm × width 180 mm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• The Album Selected Insects (RP-P-1960-10B)

• Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Matthi Forrer, P. 40, cat.nr. 36
• The age of Utamaro : Japanese prints c., 1780-1800, Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, cat.nr. 85