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Plum Tree in Blossom

Kitao Shigemasa

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A vertical rectangular artwork featuring a tree with blossoms. The tree's branches are bare except for small blossoms, and they extend from the bottom-right corner upward and diagonally across the artwork to the top. The blossoms are small and white or light-colored. The tree's trunk is not visible but there appears to be a yellow highlighted area around a portion of the tree. The background of the artwork is beige. There are several lines of black Japanese characters on the left side of the artwork. Two red seals are present on the artwork.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
291 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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