Japanese print of a sparrow flying beside bamboo stalks, with red-tinged leaves, black inscription above, and red seals on a pale background.

Bamboo and Sparrow

A vertical woodblock-style print shows a small sparrow in flight beside tall bamboo stalks, with reddish-tinted leaves at upper left and green-gray foliage below. Handwritten inscription in black ink fills the blue-to-cream sky above, and red seals appear against a pale ground.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (I) (mentioned on object)
Date: 1830-1840
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 1626 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1840.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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