Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) : [volume 2]
A Japanese woodblock picture book of insects, published in Edo in 1788 by Tsutaya Jūzaburō and attributed to Kitagawa Utamaro, likely made for a general readership of artists and collectors. Its pictures pair ink-and-colour renderings of plants, insects and frogs with short poems in calligraphic columns, showing a designer how to balance naturalistic botanical detail with open, lightly tinted paper and text set beside the image.
![Picture 1 of 3 from Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) : [volume 2] (1788), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18785-6-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 3 from Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) : [volume 2] (1788), leaf 9](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18785-9-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 3 from Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) : [volume 2] (1788), leaf 10](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18785-10-1.webp)