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Noren with Design of Flowering Cherry Tree

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black fabric with light-colored design. Four panels of fabric joined vertically. Top edge of fabric has narrow light-blue strip with small metal clips. Design on fabric is of a flowering cherry tree. Tree has large trunk with several branches. Branches are covered with clusters of five-petaled flowers and leaves. Bottom of fabric has design of ground with plants.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Indigo-dyed hemp
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
582 × 624 px
Museum record:
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