PaintingsJapanese

Plum Blossoms

Artists

Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲Artist

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

31.7 x 27.7 cm (12 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)

Related Artworks

Paintings

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Unknown Artist, 20th century

Framed (painted) reproduction; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Portrait of One of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets (Sanjurokkasen)

Unknown Artist, Late Edo period, 19th century

One of eighteen album leaves bound together in an (incomplete) album; ink, color and silver on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Untitled (T112)

Kuwayama Tadasuke, Shōwa period, 1965

Oil on canvas

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Paintings

Pine Islands (Matsushima)

Tanoue Kikusha, 19th century

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

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Paintings

Tiger

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-early Meiji period, 19th century

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

19th centuryJapanese

Paintings

The Warbler’s First Song (Hatsune), Illustration to Chapter 23 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Tosa Mitsunobu, Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

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16th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Young Murasaki (Wakamurasaki), Illustration to Chapter 5 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Tosa Mitsunobu, Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

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Paintings

Landscape with Fisherman, righthand scroll of a set of three

Kano Yōsen'in, Mid Edo period, circa 18th century

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18th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Portrait of One of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets (Sanjurokkasen)

Unknown Artist, Late Edo period, 19th century

One of eighteen album leaves bound together in an (incomplete) album; ink, color and silver on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Paintings

End-leaf from an Album with Two Seals of Isshi reading (upper) Bunshu and (lower)

Isshi Bunshu, Early Edo period, first half 17th century

Album leaf; red seal-paste on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Iris

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Unmounted painting: ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Landscape after Yen Wen-kuei

Kō Fuyō, Mid Edo period,

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

18th centuryJapanese