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Kitagawa Utamaro

画本虫撰　バッタと蟷螂|Cone-headed Grasshopper or Locust, (batta); Praying Mantis (Tōrō or Kamakiri), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

1788
Page from woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
26.7 × 18.4 cm (10.5 × 7.2 in)

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