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Crane flying over wave by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

Crane flying over wave

Crane flying over wave

Utagawa Hiroshige

Medium: Color woodblock print; yotsugiriban
Dimensions: 12.3 × 18.5 cm (4 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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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

Fox Fires on New Year's Eve at the Changing Tree in Oji (Oji shozoku enoki omisoka no kitsunebi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

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Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

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Snow on New Year's Day at Susaki (Susaki yuki no hatsuhi), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1826

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Hida Province: Basket Ferry (Hida, Kagowatashi), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge and the Gravel Pit at Takata (Takata Sugataminohashi Omokagenohashi jariba), No.116 from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

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Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

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Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840

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Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

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Mitsuke: Ferry on the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa funewatashi), no. 29 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue)," also known as the Vertical Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

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Yoshida, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1900

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Akasaka, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1900

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