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Prepatory drawing (shita-e) of cranes, various floral motifs, and hiro artist seal.

1835-1865

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Part of Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Part of Japanese and Chinese Prints and Drawings Donated by Gillett G. Griffin
This group of Japanese and Chinese prints and drawings was donated by Gillett G. Griffin (1928–2016), curator emeritus of graphic arts, in honor of Dale Roylance. It represents a small portion of the Far Eastern works on paper held by the Graphic Arts division. Also included are several sketchbooks, which were collected together with the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century drawings.
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E Row 1/GC063/Box 06/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01191
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n.d. [mid-19th c.].
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Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826-1869
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Birds in art
Cranes (Birds) in art
Flowers in art
Studies (visual works).
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