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Grasshopper and Iris

After the woodblock print: Katsushika Hokusai, Grasshopper and Iris, late 1820s

Grasshopper and Iris

Pale iris flowers and long green leaves above blue water, with a grasshopper among them. 16 threads.

Size
160 × 108 stitches; on 14-count: 29.0 × 19.6 cm, on 18-count: 22.6 × 15.2 cm
Threads
16 DMC colours, full crosses only
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 37192 — the work on the museum site
Licence
Chart — © 2026 Crossette, CC BY 4.0: free to stitch, print and share with a link to crossette.org. The original is in the public domain (CC0); the museum image comes from its open collection.

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