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Crested Yellow Bird and Hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical rectangular image, portrait orientation. A yellow bird with black spots and a crest on its head is perched on a stem below two large flowers with green leaves. The flowers are white with pink centers. The bird faces right, and its beak is open. The flowers and leaves are positioned on the left and bottom of the image. The background is blue at the bottom right, fading to greenish-gray at the top left. Japanese text is written vertically on the top right. A small red seal is on the bottom right. The overall color palette is muted, with shades of yellow, pink, blue, green, and black.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1832
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
219 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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