id: 148390 accession number: 1975.98 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.98 updated: 2023-01-11 04:12:58.304000 Catching Fireflies, c. 1796–97. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper; overall: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jeptha H. Wade in honor of Emily V. Wade 1975.98 title: Catching Fireflies title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1796–97 creation date earliest: 1796 creation date latest: 1797 current location: creditline: Gift of Jeptha H. Wade in honor of Emily V. Wade copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868) technique: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017 opening date: 2017-01-09T05:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017). title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation opening date: 2017-03-27T04:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 27-July 10, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Year in Review 1975. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 3-March 7, 1976). * Japanese Woodblock Prints: Themes and Techniques. Cleveland Museum of Art Education Department, Cleveland, OH (1980). --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: Caught up in a frenzied pursuit of fireflies, one boy has waded into a stream after his quarry, while a younger one watches in anticipation as a young woman thrusts her fan into the air in the hope of capturing hers. In the center of the composition, a girl examines the insects trapped in her elegantly carved cage. wall description: Caught up in a frenzied pursuit of fireflies, one boy has waded into a stream after his quarry, while a younger one watches in anticipation as a young woman thrusts her fan into the air in the hope of capturing hers. In the center of the composition, a girl examines the insects trapped in her elegantly carved cage. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 63, no. 2, 1976, pp. 31–71. page number: Mentioned: p. 71, cat. no. 165 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152624 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.98/1975.98_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.98/1975.98_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.98/1975.98_full.tif