1828
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
梅に三光鳥|Long Tailed Bird is a 1828 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Bird, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a bright bird with a long tail perched on a thin branch. Its feathers are black, blue, and orange, and its head is red. Behind it, small blue flowers grow on twisted branches. The background is mostly empty, with just a few faint marks. The bird’s tail feathers are drawn with tiny, repeated lines to make them look detailed. This is a common way to add texture in woodblock prints. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists use lines to create depth.
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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