List of Illustrations

Mount Fuji in Winter.

Shibata Zeshin.

Mounted and hanging scroll; ink on paper, 1890. The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Mount Fuji in the Spring.

Norikane Hiroto. Etching, 1997.

Gift of Philip H. Roach Jr., 2010 (31780).

Honolulu Museum of Art.

Japanese White-eye and Long-tailed Tit, from Myriad Birds: Picture Book of Playful Verse. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1791. Rogers Fund, 1918. The Metro politan Museum of Art, New York.

Rat Snake and Lizard, from Picture Book of Selected Insects. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1788. Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Shells under Water (clamshell, ditch shell, salt shell, one-sided shell, empty shell), from Gifts from the Ebb Tide. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1790.

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Bullfinch and Scops Owl, from Myriad Birds: Picture Book of Playful Verse. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1791. Rogers Fund, 1918. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Woodpecker and Japanese Grosbeak, from Myriad Birds: Picture Book of Playful Verse. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1791. Rogers Fund, 1918. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Turban Shell, Capital Shell, Coloured Shell, Pillow Shell, Oak of the Waves Shell, White Shell, from Gifts from the Ebb Tide. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1789. Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, 2013. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Paper Wasp and Hairy Caterpillar, from Picture Book of Selected Insects. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1788. Rogers Fund, 1918. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Horsefly and Green Caterpillar, from Picture Book of Selected Insects. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1788. Rogers Fund, 1918. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Cone-headed Grasshopper or Locust and Praying Mantis, from Picture Book of Selected Insects. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1788. Rogers Fund, 1918. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Butterfly and Dragonfly, from Picture Book of Selected Insects. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1788. Rogers Fund, 1918. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Red Dragonfly and Locust, from Picture Book of Selected Insects. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1788. Rogers Fund, 1918. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Grasshopper and Cicada, from Picture Book of Selected Insects. Kitagawa Utamaro. Woodblock print, 1788. Rogers Fund, 1918. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.