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Plum Blossoms

Yamamoto Baiitsu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A vertical, rectangular painting on beige paper, depicting a plum tree with white blossoms and bare branches. The tree's trunk and branches are drawn in dark brown ink and occupy most of the paper. The blossoms are small and white. A vertical line of Japanese characters in black ink with one red seal is on the left edge. The paper has a gray border with a decorative white edge at the top.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1851
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
328 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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