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Blue Bird by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

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Blue Bird

Blue Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige

1797–1858

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 5/8 x 5 in. (37.1 x 12.7 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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View of Shiohama and Kiyomigaseki in Okitsu (Okitsu, Kiyomigaseki, Shiohama fukei), section of sheet no. 4 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido harimaze zue)"

View of Shiohama and Kiyomigaseki in Okitsu (Okitsu, Kiyomigaseki, Shiohama fukei), section of sheet no. 4 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1843

Returning Sails at Gyotoku (Gyotoku no kihan), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)"

Returning Sails at Gyotoku (Gyotoku no kihan), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832

Station 20 -- Fuchū, from the Reisho Tōkaidō series published by Marusei

Station 20 -- Fuchū, from the Reisho Tōkaidō series published by Marusei

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1842

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Utagawa Hiroshige, 1824

Hamamatsu: Winter Scene (Hamamatsu, fuyugare no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

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Evening Snow at Uchikawa (Uchikawa bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"

Evening Snow at Uchikawa (Uchikawa bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

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Goyu, Tabibito Ryujo

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Evening View of Eight Famous Sites at Kanazawa (Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei)

Evening View of Eight Famous Sites at Kanazawa (Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Seki, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)

Seki, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832

Red Maple Trees at the Tsuten Bridge (Tsutenkyo no momiji), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

Red Maple Trees at the Tsuten Bridge (Tsutenkyo no momiji), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1829

The Sacred Dance at the Shinmei Shrine in Shiba at Dawn (Shiba Shinmei, Omiya gengyo kagura no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

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Sparrows and Camellia in Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832