Insects Prints (131)
Insects and small creatures in Japanese woodblock prints. Dragonflies, butterflies, crickets, and fireflies appear frequently in kacho-e compositions, each carrying seasonal associations — fireflies for summer evenings, crickets for autumn.
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Insects and small creatures in Japanese woodblock prints. Dragonflies, butterflies, crickets, and fireflies appear frequently in kacho-e compositions, each carrying seasonal associations — fireflies for summer evenings, crickets for autumn.
Ito Shinsui, Onchi Koshiro, and April Vollmer are among the artists most associated with insects in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 131 prints tagged with insects, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.