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Red and White Peach Blossoms, Preparatory Sketch

Tsubaki Chinzan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a vertical scroll painting. The scroll has a brown border on either side. The top and bottom have a blue stripe. The background of the scroll is beige. The painting depicts a flowering tree branch. The branch extends from the bottom center. It has several smaller branches extending up and to the sides. The flowers are pink and white. Some have blue centers. The leaves are green. There are calligraphy characters on the left side. The characters are black. There are more characters and a red seal in the top right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
1843
Medium
Hanging scroll; color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
217 × 622 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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