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White heron and iris by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

White heron and iris

White heron and iris

Utagawa Hiroshige

1827–1839

Medium: Color woodblock print; otanzaku
Dimensions: 38 × 17.2 cm (15 × 6 3/4 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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Snow at Benzaiten Shrine in Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benzaiten no yashiro yuki no kei), from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places (Meisho setsugekka)"

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Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

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