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Children Playing in the Snow under Plum Trees in Bloom (Secchū baisō gunji yūgi zu)

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A large beige building with a green base and red carpeted stairs extending to the left; a short railing borders the stairs on the left; a few women in traditional Japanese clothing stand on the stairs and in an open doorway; the woman on the left on the stairs wears a yellow kimono with a purple dotted pattern; on the left, a group of children wear Western and Japanese clothing; the children play in the snow; several children throw snowballs; to the right and left of the stairs are plum trees with pink flowers; snow falls; birds fly in the blue sky; the sky fades to beige on the left.

Artwork Details

Date
November 1887
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 304 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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