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Kingfisher and Irises

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical rectangular artwork with a gray-blue background. A bird with black wings and tail, white and orange body is flying to the right. The bird's wings are spread. Below the bird are several long thin green plant stalks with purple iris flowers and orange accents. There are two red seals on the artwork. There are characters written in black ink on the left side and bottom right.

Artwork details

Date:
1832–34
Medium:
Woodblock print
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
223 × 625 px
Museum record:
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