Japanese Print "Hotaru O Eizu" by Hosoda Eishi
Artist:Hosoda Eishi
Title:Hotaru O Eizu
Date:about 1788
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Description:
Illustration of a kyoka (humours ode) on catching fireflies, which is printed on the sky. An actor and a young woman stand side by side in close-up conversation, while a young girl who accompanies them is trying to catch the fireflies that are flitting about on the bank of a winding stream.