Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a grey and white bird on a twining vine beside blue morning glory leaves, with calligraphy above.

Bird and Blue Morning Glory

A small grey bird with a white cheek perches on a twining vine beside broad blue morning glory leaves and a flower at lower right. Above, a column of Japanese calligraphy and a red seal sit on a pale ochre ground in this vertical woodblock print.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (I) (mentioned on object)
Date: 1833-1837
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 1524 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1837.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Bird and Blue Morning Glory

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