Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 1,000,000+ artworks, 100,000+ artists, and 1,800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Butterfly and pinks by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

Home
Woodblock print
Butterfly and pinks

Butterfly and pinks

Butterfly and pinks

Utagawa Hiroshige

1843–1847

Medium: Color woodblock print; kotanzaku
Dimensions: 34 × 7.3 cm (13 7/16 × 2 7/8 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

Japanese (culture or style)

Tags

printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

More by Utagawa Hiroshige

White Rain at Shōno

White Rain at Shōno

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797

Iris and stream

Iris and stream

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1825

Fujikawa: View of Post Outskirts (Fujikawa, bohana no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

Fujikawa: View of Post Outskirts (Fujikawa, bohana no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1828

Honmoku in Musashi Province (Musashi Honmoku no hana), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Honmoku in Musashi Province (Musashi Honmoku no hana), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

The Gion Temple in Snow (Gionsha setchu), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

The Gion Temple in Snow (Gionsha setchu), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1829

View of Morning Cherry Blossoms in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara asazakura no zu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capitol (Toto meisho)"

View of Morning Cherry Blossoms in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara asazakura no zu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capitol (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1826

Yokkaichi: View of the Mie River, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Yokkaichi: View of the Mie River, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Offering Colza at the Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Kameido Tenjin natane no jinji), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)"

Offering Colza at the Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Kameido Tenjin natane no jinji), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Numazu Ki Kure

Numazu Ki Kure

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1824

Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill (Gotenyama no hana), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)"

Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill (Gotenyama no hana), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

The Streetwalker Scene from the play Koshaku (Koshaku yotakaba), section of a sheet from the series "Reflections of Dramas in Cutouts (Harimaze joruri kagami)"

The Streetwalker Scene from the play Koshaku (Koshaku yotakaba), section of a sheet from the series "Reflections of Dramas in Cutouts (Harimaze joruri kagami)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

MATSSCHIYAMA SEIRAN, from the series FAMOUS PLACES IN EDO; EIGHT VIEWS OF THE SUMIDA RIVER

MATSSCHIYAMA SEIRAN, from the series FAMOUS PLACES IN EDO; EIGHT VIEWS OF THE SUMIDA RIVER

Utagawa Hiroshige