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Wren and two snipes, from the illustrated book of birds, Kitagawa Utamaro

Wren and two snipes, from the illustrated book of birds

Winterkoning en twee watersnippen (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese) (1753-1806)

Movement
Japanese woodblock print
Date
c. 1796
Medium
Colour woodcut on paper
Collection
Rijksmuseum, Netherlands
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Rijksmuseum, public domain

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