Women Chasing Crickets on an Autumn Moor
1794
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1794
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Two women in silk kimonos chase crickets through tall pink flowers. A servant follows, holding a fan. In the distance, old-time nobles do the same thing. This was a real autumn game in Japan—catching crickets to hear their song. The woman on the left wears a kimono covered in tiny flying birds. Those birds, called chidori, show up every autumn and were a big deal in poems and paintings for centuries. If you like this, look up *japan, edo period (1615–1868)*.
