Stock Photo - 『画本虫撰』 「松虫」「虫蛍」, Tree cricket (Matsumushi); Firefly (Hotaru), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami), Edo period (1615–1868), 1788, Japan, Page from woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, 10 1/2 x 7 7/32 in. (26.7 x 18.4 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), Ehon mushi erami (Picture Book of Crawling Creatures) is illustrated with fifteen designs of insects and other garden creatures by Utamaro. Published by Tsutaya Jūzaburō , the poems were selected and introduced by a preface written by the poet and scholar Yadoya no Meshimori (Rokujuen; 1753–1830), who later became head of the influential Go-gawa poetry group