画本虫撰　バッタと蟷螂|Cone-headed Grasshopper or Locust, (batta); Praying Mantis (Tōrō or Kamakiri), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

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Title: 画本虫撰　バッタと蟷螂|Cone-headed Grasshopper or Locust, (batta); Praying Mantis (Tōrō or Kamakiri), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)
Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Date Created: 1788
Physical Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 7 7/32 in. (26.7 x 18.4 cm)
Type: Woodblock print
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37289
Medium: Page from woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Culture: Japan

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