Old Plum, 老梅図襖, Edo period (1615–1868), 1646, Japan, Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper, Overall (of all four panels): 68 3/4 x 191 1/8 in. (174.6 x 485.5 cm), Paintings, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), The massive black trunk of an ancient plum tree with bending, twisting branches spans nearly sixteen feet across four sliding panels. The reptilian old tree sprouts blossoms, which convey the atmosphere of a cold early spring morning and symbolize birth and renewal
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Old Plum, 老梅図襬 Edo period, 1615–1868, 1646, Japan, Four sliding-door panels, fusuma, ink, color, gold, gold leaf, paper, Overall, four, 68 3/4 x 191 1/8, 174.6 485.5 cm, Paintings, Kano Sansetsu, Japanese, 1590–1651, massive, black, trunk, ancient plum, tree, bending, twisting branches, spans, nearly, sixteen, feet, across, four, sliding, panels, reptilian old, sprouts, blossoms, convey, atmosphere, cold early, spring, morning, symbolize birth, renewal
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