画本虫ゑらみ
Ehon Mushi Erabi, a Japanese picture book of 1788 illustrated by Kitagawa Utamaro with text by Ishikawa Masamochi under the pen name Yadoya Meshimori, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo in Edo for a popular readership of insect lovers. The pictures are delicate hand-coloured woodblock prints of insects resting on plants in soft ochre, green and rose, with fine ink outlines and pale blank grounds that suggest restrained natural study for botanical or insect motifs, muted palettes and spare compositions.
