San'ai SanjinJapanese
(Mosquitos)
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Mosquitoes are a universal-and annoying-part of summer the world over. However, this depiction of two mosquitoes in flight, with their long, slender legs and delicately colored wings, is a charming interpretation of these reviled insects. Signed San'aisanjin, meaning a hermit who loves music, drinking, and poetry, the print may have been designed by one of the poets who contributed one of the poems inscribed here.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- P.77.27.166
In the catalog
Sources
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — public domain
