Plum tree in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Birds and animals, image 2

김홍도필 영모도 (museum title)

Kim Hong-do (Korean), ink on silk

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Plum Garden at Kamata (Kamata no umezono), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), Utagawa Hiroshige

Plum Garden at Kamata (Kamata no umezono), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857.

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Narcissi and Chimonanthus, 1547.

明仇英水仙蠟梅軸 (museum title)

Qiu Ying (Chinese), ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Bamboo, Plum, Orchid and Chrysanthemums (Album of landscapes, flowers and birds), Kawakami Tōgai

Bamboo, Plum, Orchid and Chrysanthemums (Album of landscapes, flowers and birds), 19th century.

山水花鳥雑画帖 (museum title)

Kawakami Tōgai (Japanese), ink and color on silk

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Hour of the Snake, 1859.

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese), diptych; colour woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi, Katsushika Hokusai

Young Woman and Little Girl Playing Musashi, 1841.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Spring Flowers at their Height, Utagawa Kunisada

Spring Flowers at their Height, c. 1850.

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese), triptych; colour woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

The Actor Ichimura Kakitsu in a Female Role Representing the Second Month, Utagawa Kunisada

The Actor Ichimura Kakitsu in a Female Role Representing the Second Month, c. 1840.

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese), color woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Plum Gateway, 1935.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The mood of a moonlit spring night

봄날 달밤의 정취 (museum title)

Jeong Seon (Korean), ink and color on silk

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Poem by Ise, c. 1835.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Sixteen Luohans, 1667.

Shitao (Chinese)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

原济杂画图册

Shitao (Chinese)

Palace Museum, China

Plum Blossoms in the Evening Snow, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Plum Blossoms in the Evening Snow, 1847–1852.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Two cockatoo and plum blossom, Ohara Koson

Two cockatoo and plum blossom, 1925–1936.

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Daimonjiya uchi Hitomoto, Kitagawa Utamaro

Daimonjiya uchi Hitomoto, c. 1795–1800.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Mother Lifting a Child to a Plum Tree (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent Times), Kitagawa Utamaro

Mother Lifting a Child to a Plum Tree (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent Times), 1790s.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

原济花卉图册

Shitao (Chinese)

Palace Museum, China

Plum tree and bird

매조도 (museum title)

Kim Hong-do (Korean), ink and color on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Pair of pheasants and plum blossom, Ohara Koson

Pair of pheasants and plum blossom, 1900–1930.

Fazantenkoppel en pruimenbloesem (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Mariko, c. 1805.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Waxwing on snow-covered branch, Ohara Koson

Waxwing on snow-covered branch, 1900–1930.

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

No. 59, Sekigahara, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, Utagawa Hiroshige

No. 59, Sekigahara, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, c. 1835–1838.

No. 59, Sekigahara (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Cat and Plum Blossoms, 1906.

猫梅 (museum title)

Hishida Shunsō (Japanese)

Adachi Museum of Art, Japan

Bamboo Flowerbasket, 1932.

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Old Inn, before 1936.

Takahashi Shōtei (Japanese), color woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Snow at Nipponmatsu, c. 1926–1927.

Takahashi Shōtei (Japanese), color woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Rooster with hen and five chicks, Ohara Koson

Rooster with hen and five chicks, 1926–1945.

Haan met hen en vijf kuikens (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Sketches from Life by Chuanqi: White Plum Blossoms, Bada Shanren

Sketches from Life by Chuanqi: White Plum Blossoms, 1659.

清傳綮寫生冊白梅 (museum title)

Bada Shanren (Chinese), ink on paper

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Flowers and birds, image 2

김홍도필 화조도 (museum title)

Kim Hong-do (Korean), ink and color on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Hyeneung admiring the plum tree

혜능상매도 (museum title)

Kim Hong-do (Korean), ink on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Sparrows and snow-covered plum tree, Ohara Koson

Sparrows and snow-covered plum tree, 1900–1936.

Mussen en besneeuwde pruimenboom (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Searching for plum blossoms in the snow

눈속에 매화를 찾아 (museum title)

Sim Sa-jeong (Korean), ink on silk

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Plum Tree in Snow, before 1936.

Takahashi Shōtei (Japanese), color woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Album of the poetic styles of Sikong Tu, image 5

사공도시품첩 (museum title)

Jeong Seon (Korean), ink and color on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

A Sparrow amidst Plum Blossoms

明仇英花鳥冊梅雀 (museum title)

Qiu Ying (Chinese), ink and color on silk

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Winter Plums in a Jar

明沈周畫瓶中蠟梅軸 (museum title)

Shen Zhou (Chinese), ink and color on paper, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Ten Imperial Hounds: Frosty 'Sparrow Hawk'

清郎世寧十駿犬霜花鷂軸 (museum title)

Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian), ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Hawk on a Plum Branch, c. 1796–1804.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Mariko: Teahouse with Local Speciality, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), Utagawa Hiroshige

Mariko: Teahouse with Local Speciality, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), c. 1832–1833.

Mariko: Teahouse with Local Speciality (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

“The Geisha Tomimoto Toyohina” from the Series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets", Kitagawa Utamaro

“The Geisha Tomimoto Toyohina” from the Series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets", 18th century.

高名美人六家撰・富本豊雛 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Chimonanthus and Birds

宋徽宗蠟梅山禽軸 (museum title)

Empereur Huizong (Chinese), ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

An Auspicious Start (to the New Year), Giuseppe Castiglione

An Auspicious Start (to the New Year), 1746.

清郎世寧畫開泰圖軸 (museum title)

Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian), ink and color on paper, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Playing the Zither by Rocks and Plum Trees

明仇英梅石撫琴圖軸 (museum title)

Qiu Ying (Chinese), ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Utagawa Hiroshige

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1858.

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

January: Celebrating the New Year, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

January: Celebrating the New Year, 1860s.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese), ink and color on silk

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

原济杂画图册

Shitao (Chinese)

Palace Museum, China

Plum tree and birds

매조도 (museum title)

Kim Hong-do (Korean), ink and color on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

The Star Descends on Echi on the Thirteenth Night of the Ninth Month (Kugatsu jusan yoru Echi shoko), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)", c. 1830–1835.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Plum blossom and full moon, 1900–1936.

Pruimenbloesem en volle maan (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands