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A work made of woodblock print; koban.

Autumn Flower and Sparrow

c. 1835

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

Japan

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

Woodblock print; koban

Arts of Asia