Magical dragon and Firefly - 1862 - Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎 (act. ca. 1836-1887) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

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Part of series of prints depicting men (probably the popular kabuki actors) in trendy light summer kimono. They are enjoying the firefly hunting on a hot summer night. He holds a folding fan. His kimono has a design of the magical dragon. \r
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Utagawa Yoshitora (歌川 芳虎) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1850 to about 1880. He was born in Edo (modern Tokyo) , but neither his date of birth nor date of death is known. However, he was the oldest pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi who excelled in prints of warriors, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and foreigners (Yokohama-e) . He may not have seen any of the foreign scenes he depicted. \r