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Kingfisher and iris by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

Kingfisher and iris

Kingfisher and iris

Utagawa Hiroshige

1830–1839

Medium: Color woodblock print; chutanzaku
Dimensions: 37.5 × 13.1 cm (14 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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