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 * — From various drawing-books; Fig. 1, lady-bird; 2, cricket; 3, humble-bee; 5, lizard; 6, wasp; 7, dragon-flies; 8, grasshopper.

— The drawing depicts a procession of grasshoppers, wasps, and other insects: they carry a cage in which is a beetle, and various grasses and flowers as insignia, also cones, etc., as baggage; a mantis beetle is ridden as a horse, and insects walk in front to clear the way. The drawing is a caricature of a Daimio’s procession.

—, in upper part of plate, are copied from original drawings. , in lower part, from a cloisonné enamel dish.

— From old embroidery. —From original drawing.|hanging-indent=4


 * — (Lespedeza). From lacquer, gold leaves and stem, red flowers, on black ground.

— (conventional). From embroidery, leaves and stems in various shades of green, flowers from pale salmon to deep red, fan cord and tassels in gold.

— From old lacquer, flowers, and leaves in different coloured gold, on black ground.

—, upper part of plate. From old lacquer; flowers in shades of gold, silver, and red; leaves gold, on aventurine ground. Lower part: branches of cherry tree. From old lacquer; flowers and leaves in three shades of gold, on aventurine ground.

— Original; yellow and pink chrysanthemums, leaves and stems grey-green; flowering grass in shades of red, bird brown.

—, upper part of plate, from old lacquer; flowers, leaves, and stem in three shades of gold, on black ground. , on lower part, ditto ditto.

— (conventional), upper part of plate, from original drawing in Indian ink. (conventional), lower part, from blue and white porcelain.

— From lacquer, trees in gold, on black ground.

— Upper part of plate, from original drawing, leaves in shades of brown, flowers white, on brown-yellow ground. Lower part from embroidery; stem and leaves in various shades of green, flowers white, with pink stamens, and pink and red, with white stamens, on black ground.

— From old embroidery, stem and bamboo in green, buds in white, flowers in gold, on dark-blue ground.

— From Hokusai’s Mangua.

— From Hokusai’s Mangua.

— Fac-simile of old lacquered tray.

— From drawing-book.

— From Hokusai’s Mangua.

— From old lacquer, the foliage, etc., in various shades of gold, on black ground.

——emblematic of longevity, From old lacquer. Trees, etc., in gold, on black ground.

— From drawing-books.

— From drawing-book by Isai, pupil of Hokusai.

—, enclosed with bamboo railing. From old lacquer. Foliage in gold, on black ground.

— From Hokusai’s Mangua.

— (conventional), From lacquer. Flowers, leaves, and stem in three golds, on black ground.|hanging-indent=4