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See Them Fly

Suzuki Harunobu

Title	See Them Fly
Artist	Suzuki Harunobu
Date	ca. 1767 18th century
Medium	Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Classification	Prints
Origin	Japan Japan
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Botanical illustration Ornithological plates

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Dated to ca. 1767. Explore the wider set of works from the 18th century held in the archive.

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Recorded origin: Japan. Browse more public-domain art from Japan.

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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.

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