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Source Description
On a plank bridge across an iris bog, two elegant young women catch fireflies in the heat of a summer evening. Their thin kimono and handheld fans convey the feeling of the humid night. Fireflies or lightning bugs have long been celebrated in Japanese literature and poetry."First of the summer,from water lightning bugs' fireignited anew" Ueda Gosengoku
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Document identity
localId
40008
label
Catching Fireflies
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
40008
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Catching Fireflies
description
On a plank bridge across an iris bog, two elegant young women catch fireflies in the heat of a summer evening. Their thin kimono and handheld fans convey the feeling of the humid night. Fireflies or lightning bugs have long been celebrated in Japanese literature and poetry."First of the summer,from water lightning bugs' fireignited anew" Ueda Gosengoku
provenance
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
ca. 1926-1955 (Showa)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
217
height
61.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 85 7/16 x W: 24 1/8 in. (217 x 61.3 cm)
style
Nihonga
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Gyokujo
med
ink and colors on silk
creator_ids
1994
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
490b86710e839555