『画本虫撰』 「蜂」「毛虫」|Paper Wasp (Hachi); Hairy Caterpillar (Kemushi), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)
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From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
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From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
This page shows two detailed drawings of bugs on a light background. On the left, a paper wassp hangs upside down from a leaf, and a hairy caterpillar curls near the bottom. The right side has a flowering vine with big green leaves and a striped caterpillar crawling on it. The artist used simple lines and soft colors to make the bugs and plants look real but gentle. The text beside the bugs is in Japanese, written in a neat, vertical line. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build texture with lines.
