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Kingfisher and reeds by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

Kingfisher and reeds

Kingfisher and reeds

Utagawa Hiroshige

1835–1845

Medium: Color woodblock print; kotanzaku
Dimensions: 33.8 × 7.8 cm (13 1/4 × 3 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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