Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch

A woodblock print of two small birds on a branching camellia stem. A pale green bird with a thin beak perches at left on a twig, while a grey-and-buff bird with a dark cap sits at right. Red camellia blossoms and glossy dark leaves frame them against a pale ground that darkens to blue at the top.

Look closer: A small seal in red and a signature in black ink appear at the lower left, beside the sheet's calligraphic inscription.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

ca. 1840

Medium

Woodblock print

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2787 × 3902 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918