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Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)

Kitagawa UtamaroLinkedCulture matchlcp-39e686abde8d

Date: c. 1796–97
Medium: Triptych: color woodblock print
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 148393

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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. A sense of movement is conveyed by their sleeves fluttering in the breeze.

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Credit line: Gift of Jeptha H. Wade in honor of Emily V. Wade
Provenance: ?–1975: Jeptha H. Wade III [1924–2008], Massachusetts, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1975–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH