Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (center)
Kitagawa Utamaro
1796–1797
- Medium
- Triptych: color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
Caught up in a frenzied pursuit of fireflies, one boy has waded into a stream after his quarry, while a younger one watches in anticipation as a young woman thrusts her fan into the air in the hope of capturing hers. In the center of the composition, a girl examines the insects trapped in her elegantly carved cage.
