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Insects and Grasses

Yamamoto Baiitsu 山本梅逸

Long, narrow format horizontal color painting of insects on various other plants mostly concentrated towards the center of the image. Two larger branches grow vertically in the center, with other vegetation on either side, against a blank background. A wide variety of insects, such as butterflies on the right and dragonflies on the left, with bugs, ants, and other flying insects in the center. — Handscroll, ink and color on silk, 8 1/4 × 95 in. Public Domain

Artist
Yamamoto Baiitsu

Subject Area
Creatures of the Land

Artistic Techniques
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More about this art at
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Video

Enter the Painting: Insects and Grasses

Activity

Thumbnail of Identify the Insects, PDF — Identify the Insects

Reading

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