In celebration of seeing the first fireflies of the season:
Furisode with Fireflies and Irises
Japan, Edo period, 18th century
silk crepe, paste-resist dyed, embroidery
National Museum of Japanese History (photographed on display at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhbition at the National Gallery of Art DC in 2019)
Isaiah 51:6 (NKJV) -
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
And look on the earth beneath.
For the heavens will vanish away like smoke,
The earth will grow old like a garment,
And those who dwell in it will die in like manner;
But My salvation will be forever,
And My righteousness will not be abolished.