Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch

Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch

Utagawa Hiroshige

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hito mushiro chiru ya hikage no aka tsubaki Above a single straw mat, fluttering in the sunlight— red camellia blossoms. —Trans. John T. Carpenter

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia BranchJapanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia BranchJapanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia BranchJapanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia BranchJapanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.