The Metropolitan Museum of Art reproduces fifteen designs by Kitagawa Utamaro originally published in the "Book of Insects." The stunning content is designed not simply as a picture book but as an anthology of specially commissioned poems on the subject of insects. This near fine copy is inscribed on the front end-paper by Mirviss.
Author: Yasuko Betchaku and Joan B. Mirviss
Title: Utamaro: Songs of the Garden
Edition: First printing
Published: New York: The Viking Press, 1984
Physical Description: Hardcover; Quarto; Double leaves, folding book
Condition: Near fine copy in slipcase with mild shelf-wear. Inscribed on front end-paper.
Comments: Beautiful copy
