Vernissage
Blue Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo)

Blue Bird

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

37.1 × 12.7 cm (14 ½ × 5 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bequest of Ellis G. Seymour, 1949

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