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Swallow and poppies by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

Swallow and poppies

Swallow and poppies

Utagawa Hiroshige

1830–1839

Medium: Color woodblock print; chutanzaku
Dimensions: 34 × 10.8 cm (13 3/8 × 4 1/4 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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