Firefly Collection

Catching Fireflies, Mid-1790s. Creator: Eishosai Choki
Catching Fireflies, Mid-1790s

Koromo River below the Temple Tennoji, 1880. Creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Koromo River below the Temple Tennoji, 1880

Fireflies at Ochanomizu, c1880. Creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Fireflies at Ochanomizu, c1880

The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro Surrounded by Fireflies, 1862. Creator: Yoshitsuya
The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro Surrounded by Fireflies, 1862

Fireflies, 1906. Creator: Helen Hyde
Fireflies, 1906

Courtesan and Attendant with a Cage of Fireflies, ca. 1770. Creator: Ippitsusai Buncho
Courtesan and Attendant with a Cage of Fireflies, ca. 1770

Two Actors Catching Fireflies, c. 1765 / 70. Creator: Torii Kiyomitsu
Two Actors Catching Fireflies, c. 1765/70

Delighted (Ureshiso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)
Delighted (Ureshiso), from the series " Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)", 1888

Catching Fireflies, About 1767. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Catching Fireflies, About 1767

Searching for Fireflies, About 1768. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Searching for Fireflies, About 1768

Catching fireflies, n. d. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Catching fireflies, n.d

The Sixth Month (Roku gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu)
The Sixth Month (Roku gatsu), from the series " Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)", c. 1793

Catching fireflies (Hotaru gari), ca. 1796-97. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Catching fireflies (Hotaru gari), ca. 1796-97

Cage of Fireflies at Dawn in Summer, ca. 1800. Creator: Hokusai
Cage of Fireflies at Dawn in Summer, ca. 1800

Woman and Child Catching Fireflies, ca. 1793. Creator: Eishosai Choki
Woman and Child Catching Fireflies, ca. 1793

Tropical Fireflies as Dancing Points of Light, 1935. From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 2, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Modern Genji - Firefly Viewing (Imayo genji shiken hotaru asobi), 1861

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