Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (center)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Date: c. 1796–97
Medium: Triptych: color woodblock print
Origin: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art

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