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A Red Plum Branch against the Summer Moon

A color woodblock print of a large plum tree with red bloosoms set against a blue sky with a large white moon
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  • A color woodblock print of a large plum tree with red bloosoms set against a blue sky with a large white moon

Date:

c. mid–1840s

Artist:

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Japanese, 1797-1858

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Title

A Red Plum Branch against the Summer Moon

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1840–1850

Medium

Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

Dimensions

23.6 × 31.5 cm (8 7/8 × 12 in.)

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Reference Number

1943.679

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