Black-Naped Oriole on Rose Mallow

After the woodblock print: Utagawa Hiroshige, A Black-Naped Oriole on a Stem of Rose Mallow, ca. 1834

A yellow bird on a tall stem with orange and white flowers, a narrow upright sheet. A simple chart with 12 threads.

Size: 53 × 150 stitches; on 14-count: 9.6 × 27.2 cm, on 18-count: 7.5 × 21.2 cm
Threads: 12 DMC colours, full crosses only
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 56796 — the work on the museum site
Licence: Chart — © 2026 Crossette, CC BY 4.0: free to stitch, print and share with a link to crossette.org. The original is in the public domain (CC0); the museum image comes from its open collection.

PDF to print · 186 KB OXS for software · 306 KB

OXS is an open chart format that many cross stitch programs open. The Crossette app opens it too — it’s in development; the beta comes after Apple’s review. Colours on screen and in print are approximate; go by the thread codes.