1833
ink
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
歌川広重画 芥子に瑠璃鳥|A Bluebird and Poppies is a 1833 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Bird, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a bright red poppy flower with a single green leaf on a long stem. A small blue bird with a yellow beak and red face is perched on the stem, looking down. The sky above is a soft blue, and there’s Japanese writing along the left side. The bird’s eye is white, and the poppy’s petals are painted in bold, flat red. The artist used simple lines to keep everything clean and clear. Next, look up Utagawa Hiroshige to see how he painted other birds and flowers.
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
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