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Cuckoo and iris by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

Cuckoo and iris

Cuckoo and iris

Utagawa Hiroshige

1842–1857

Medium: Color woodblock print; aitanzaku
Dimensions: 34.5 × 11.3 cm (13 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

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