About the work

Squeaking a Ground Cherry, from the series Seven Fashionable Useless Habits (Furyu nakute nana kuse)

Squeaking a Ground Cherry, from the series Seven Fashionable Useless Habits, was created by Hokusai around 1788. The work uses ink and colors on paper, with dimensions of 24.8 by 36.4 cm. It belongs to the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.