Finch on Magnolia Branch, c. 1835, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shōzō, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 15 1/16 × 5 1/16 in. ( × cm) (image, sheet, chūtanzaku), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, In designing his prints of birds and flowers, Hiroshige seems to have been influenced by the work of Shijō school artists, who produced paintings in a spontaneous, simplified manner. Here, for example, the block carver captured the rapid manner in which Hiroshige rendered the slender branch

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Size: 1910px × 5565px
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Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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