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Crane and Surf

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crane and Surf by Utagawa Hiroshige: A large bird with a white body, black neck and tail feathers, and a red face is standing on a wave. The wave is dark blue at the bottom and lightens to white at the top. It has a few thin plants protruding from it. The wave takes up the bottom half of the image. The bird faces right. The background above the wave is beige with a thin red stripe across the top. There is Japanese writing on the right side.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1833
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
295 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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