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Catching fireflies by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

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Catching fireflies

Catching fireflies

Catching fireflies

Utagawa Hiroshige

Medium: Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e
Dimensions: 18.7 × 25 cm (7 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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