Description
Bagworm and Horned Scarab Beetle brings a beetle beneath a flowering branch, with large foliage and a bagworm-bearing stalk nearby. Calligraphy shares the spread with the natural subjects. Kitagawa Utamaro brings the bagworm and horned scarab beetle named in the title into a particular garden encounter, making their modest scale a reason for closer looking rather than inattention.
Published in 1788, the book combined Utamaro’s designs with contemporary poems. The individual page is a woodblock print in ink and color on paper, preserving its creatures within a project that joins looking and literary expression. Its appeal lies in the focused encounter, where garden life is brought forward for consideration instead of being left as a minor detail within a wider landscape.
Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Kitagawa Utamaro collection.
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