https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/70637/fullInsect Hunting1820[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@13354]com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@13354Color woodblock printThree ladies, evidently of high rank, have set out in all their finery in search of insects. The lady to the right is holing a little wicker cage for the catch. Great numbers of species of insects are found in Japan and, as they are much admired for their diversity of shape and color, they are kept as pets in such cages. This admiration for the delicate perfection of nature is reflected also in the artist's loving description of the blades of grass and the insect in the foreground. Unlike most Ukiyo-e artists, Eishi was of noble birth. He was one of the artists most strongly influenced by Kiyonaga, but in time he himself created a female type of even more pronounced linear grace. Like Kiyonaga, from 1800 he abandoned print-making for paintingcom.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@5ehttps://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/458/rdf