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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

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Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861)
CultureJapanese
Date1813-1861
MediumWoodblock print on paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 x 13 1/2 in. (48.3 x 34.3 cm)
InscribedSigned at right near bottom with the horsechestnut in red under the "gawa".
Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry in Memory of Nancy Nash Perry
Object number36.8.55
On View
Not on view
DescriptionPrint of two women near the water, one swatting at three fireflies and the other trying to catch a brown beetle on the lantern at right. A night scene.

Exhibition History"Inspiring Impressionism: Japanese Prints in the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Musuem of Art, Norfolk, VA, March 10 - June 18, 2017.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1813-1861
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1807-1864
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1843-1847
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1797-1861
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1830-1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Utagawa Kunisada I (Utagawa Toyokuni III)
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Utagawa Kunisada I (Utagawa Toyokuni III)
1797
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Utagawa Kunisada I (Utagawa Toyokuni III)
1859
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Utagawa Kunisada I (Utagawa Toyokuni III)