Grasshopper on bean and praying mantis on melon, Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

Identification

Title(s)

Grasshopper on bean and praying mantis on melon

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1960-10B-9

Catalogue reference

Forrer 36
Jap Cat II 85

Description

Pagina 8b en 9a in deel één van het Insectenboek van Utamaro.

Creation

Artist

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

Place

Edo

Dating

1788

Material and Technique

Physical features

nishikie

Material

paper

Technique

color woodcut

Measurements

height 250 mm × width 180 mm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

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

Acquisition

purchase 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Is part of

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

Documentation

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

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