Plum Orchard in Kamada
1857 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1857
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- 33.7 × 21.9 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (impression JP2510; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Bare dark trunks of old plum trees stand against a glowing pink sky, their branches covered in small white blossoms, while visitors stroll toward thatched teahouses in the orchard. At the right edge, a palanquin with a blue patterned cushion is cut off by the frame, as if its passenger has just stepped out. The print is number twenty-seven in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, published by Uoya Eikichi, with a censor's seal of the second month of 1857. The plum garden at Kamada, south of Edo, was a destination for early spring outings, when the plum blossoms before the cherry. The pink sky is printed with a smooth graded bokashi; impressions vary in colour and condition.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Plum-blossom white on a rosy pink sky with soft teal ground, for a bedroom, dining room or entrance hall at 16×24 in natural wood. It pairs with Cherry Blossoms on the Banks of the Tama River for two spring blossom views.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1857)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- burgundy, cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, dining room, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, travelers, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
