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Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (right)
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About this work
Caught up in a frenzied pursuit of fireflies, one boy has waded into a stream after his quarry, while a younger one watches in anticipation as a young woman thrusts her fan into the air in the hope of capturing hers. In the center of the composition, a girl examines the insects trapped in her elegantly carved cage.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCatching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (right), c. 1796–97. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Triptych: color woodblock print; sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jeptha H. Wade in honor of Emily V. Wade, 1975.98.a
