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Plum Tree in Blossom

Kitao Shigemasa

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a vertical rectangular artwork with a beige background. A large tree branch with a thick trunk and multiple smaller branches extends from the bottom right corner to the top left. The branches are grey and have small red and yellow blossoms. There are two orange seals, one in the top right corner and one in the bottom right corner. Black Japanese text is written vertically on the left side of the image. Additional grey Japanese text is written vertically on the bottom right side of the image. The artwork has a thin beige border around the edges.

Artwork Details

Date
1813
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
257 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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