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Autumn Flower and Sparrow by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

Autumn Flower and Sparrow

Autumn Flower and Sparrow

Utagawa Hiroshige

1830–1840

Medium: Woodblock print; koban
Dimensions: 24 × 16.8 cm (9 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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woodblockprintasian artJapanese (culture or style)paper (fiber product)woodblock print

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Printed entirely in shades of black and gray, this image is in a fan-shaped format (ogigata) with a poem in the surrounding margin.

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