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Kitagawa Utamaro
Picture Book of Selected Insects: Brocade cover1788

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Horizontal textile fragment with dense allover floral pattern in forest green and black, frayed edges with loose gold and olive threads

Kitagawa Utamaro, Picture Book of Selected Insects: Brocade cover, 1788, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Caroline and Jarred Morse, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kitagawa Utamaro
Japan, 1753-1806
Title
Picture Book of Selected Insects: Brocade cover
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1788
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Brocade on boards
Dimensions
Each: 10 5/8 x 7 1/4 x 1/4 in. (26.9 x 18.4 x 0.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Caroline and Jarred Morse
Accession Number
M.80.219.12
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Japanese Art