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Autumn Flower and Sparrow

A work made of woodblock print; koban.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of woodblock print; koban.

Date:

c. 1835

Artist:

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Japanese, 1797-1858
Publisher: Kawa-Cho
Japanese, Unknown

About this artwork

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

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Title

Autumn Flower and Sparrow

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1830–1840

Medium

Woodblock print; koban

Dimensions

24 × 16.8 cm (9 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1928.288

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