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Old Plum

Kano Sansetsu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Four-panel screen with a painting of a landscape. The background is gold-colored with darker mottling. A dark brown, gnarled tree grows from right to center. Its trunk twists to the left and then back to the right. The tree has no leaves. A small tree with pink flowers grows on a brown rock formation on the left. A similar tree grows on the right. The panels are divided by thin black lines. The frame around the screen is dark gray.

Artwork Details

Date
1646
Medium
Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
598 × 231 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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