

The image depicts a drawing titled "Zhu ji" by Kuwagata Keisai, featuring a bird standing on grass. The bird faces right, with a brown and gold feathered body, and a long neck. It stands on yellow legs. The bird's head is tilted down towards the ground. There are plants with blue flowers and green leaves behind the bird, and a plant with long thin leaves to the right. In the top-left corner, there are two lines of foreign writing. A black border surrounds the drawing on a beige background. A color palette is visible at the bottom.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1789
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 599 × 465 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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