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Black and White Print of Butterfly and Flower (a Pink)
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Black and White Print of Butterfly and Flower (a Pink)

Date unknown

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

12 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (32.4 x 6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Ellis G. Seymour, 1949

Classification

Prints

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Utagawa Hiroshige

1650–1750Japan

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist widely regarded as the last great master of the woodblock print tradition.