Birds of the Capital (Miyakodori)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)

c. 1802

Medium

Color woodblock printed book; 1 vol.

Classification

Book

Dimensions

23 × 17.5 cm (9 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Culture

Japan

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia

Credit line

Martin A. Ryerson Collection

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Ukiyo-e: pictures of the floating world
• Books and manuscripts
• Animals
• Birds
• 1700s
• Japan
• Orange