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Catching Fireflies
ca. 1926-1955 (Showa)
ink and colors on silk
(Japan and Korea )
(Japan and Korea )
On a plank bridge across an iris bog, two elegant young women catch fireflies in the heat of a summer evening. Their thin kimono and handheld fans convey the feeling of the humid night. Fireflies or lightning bugs have long been celebrated in Japanese literature and poetry.
"First of the summer,
from water lightning bugs' fire
ignited anew"
Ueda Gosengoku
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 85 7/16 x W: 24 1/8 in. (217 x 61.3 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
35.163