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Purple Magnolia and Hornbill

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical rectangular artwork with a beige background that fades to blue at the top. A bird with a black body, white face and red markings around its eye perches on a branch that stretches from the bottom-left corner to the top-right corner. The branch has green leaves and pink flowers. There are several lines of black Japanese characters down the right side, and two red seals, one near the bottom and one near the top.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
222 × 623 px
Museum record:
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