Blossoming Plum Tree, with Poems

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Blossoming Plum Tree, with Poems

19th century

Hayashi Roshū (Japanese, 1807–1879)

Unlike the other woodcuts in this gallery, this print includes a poem, which runs in graceful vertical lines around the flowering tree branches. The combination of art and poetry is distinctive to this category of Japanese prints, known as surimono (“printed things”) and produced in small numbers and presented as gifts.

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Object Details

Title:

Blossoming Plum Tree, with Poems

Date:

19th century

Artist:

Hayashi Roshū (Japanese, 1807–1879)

Medium:

Color woodcut (surimono)

Dimensions:

14 5/8 x 19 1/2 inches (37.1 x 49.5 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of C. H. Mitchell, 1971

Accession Number:

1971-182-176

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

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