Kodomo asobi gajo, (子供遊び画帖, Children's Games)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1888
Maker: Kobayashi Eitaku (小林永濯)
Engraver: Kimura Tokutaro (木村徳太郎)
Object number: O.48.5
DescriptionChildren are catching fireflies with small fans. The child on the far right is trying to put a firefly into an insect cage. Fireflies have been one of the most popular insects in Japan since ancient times and appear in many idioms, poems and stories.
