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Horsefly on bindweed and caterpillar on taro plant
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Horsefly on bindweed and caterpillar on taro plant

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1788 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Pages 6b and 7a in Part One of Utamaro's Insect Book.

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Credit lineHorsefly on bindweed and caterpillar on taro plant. 1788. Kitagawa Utamaro. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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