

The image depicts a vertical rectangular artwork titled "Flowering Plum Tree" by Utagawa Hiroshige. The artwork features a beige background with a blue section at the top. There are several long, thin branches with pink flowers and buds extending from a large piece of brown tree trunk. The tree trunk is jagged and knotty, and is positioned in the lower right corner of the image. The branches extend upwards and to the left, with some of them overlapping. The flowers are pink with yellow centers and have five petals. There are also several lines of black Japanese text on the left side of the image. The overall color palette is muted, with shades of beige, blue, brown, pink, and yellow. The image has a white border around it.
Artwork details
- Date:
- ca. 1843–47
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 217 × 624 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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