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Roses and Plum Blossoms

Kubo Shunman

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A painting of a branch with two types of flowers and leaves. The branch, which runs from the bottom-right corner to the top-left corner across the bottom third of the image and then turns sharply to the left along the left edge, has a large white flower with orange in the center and green leaves growing out of it on the left. On the right are several pink buds and a few clusters of small white flowers. A small circular red seal is in the bottom-left corner. There are some vertical black characters on the right edge. The background is beige.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
432 × 624 px
Museum record:
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