月下白梅図, White Plum Blossoms and Moon, Edo period (1615–1868), 1755, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 55 3/8 × 31 1/4 in. (140.7 × 79.4 cm), Paintings, Itō Jakuchū (Japanese, 1716–1800), A large full moon is sole witness to a miraculous burst of white blossoms emerging out of a gnarled, old plum tree in the stillness of night. Itō Jakuchū, who painted this extraordinary, dreamlike image, was counted as one of the Three Eccentrics of the Edo period, together with Soga Shōhaku (1730– 1781) and Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754–1799)
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月下白梅図, White Plum Blossoms, Moon, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1755, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, silk, Image, 55 3/8, 31 1/4, 140.7, 79.4 cm, Paintings, Itō Jakuchū, Japanese, 1716–1800, large, full, moon, sole witness, miraculous burst, white blossoms, emerging, out, gnarled, old plum, tree, stillness, night, ō, painted, extraordinary, dreamlike image, counted, Three Eccentrics, together, Soga Shōhaku, 1730– 1781, Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1754–1799
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