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Bird and Wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a vertical, rectangular artwork. A bird perches on a thin branch that extends from the lower right to the upper center. The bird faces right, with a black head, white chest, and orange and blue wings and tail. The branch has green leaves and supports a flowering wisteria vine with purple flowers, extending from the upper right. There are two columns of Japanese text on the left side. A red seal is located at the bottom right. The background is a light brown color.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
219 × 625 px
Museum record:
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