1840
ink
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
椿に目白と四十雀図|Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch is a 1840 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Bird, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A small bird perches on a thin branch, holding a leaf in its beak. Bright red flowers and green leaves fill the rest of the branch, which curves across a pale, cloudy sky. The colors are simple but bold—deep blues, soft yellows, and pops of red. This print uses clean lines and flat colors, typical of woodblock prints. The artist paid close attention to how light hits the leaves and flowers, making them look almost three-dimensional. Look up Utagawa Hiroshige to see more prints like this one.
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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