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Cuckoo flying over iris by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

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Cuckoo flying over iris

Cuckoo flying over iris

Cuckoo flying over iris

Utagawa Hiroshige

1830–1839

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 23 × 17 cm (9 × 6 5/8 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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