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Ogata Kōrin had to think through his design carefully to create these white plum blossoms and deliver their effect, as he used the reserve technique—where selected areas of the painting surface are left unpainted—to achieve it. He probably roughed in the tree before applying an ink wash to the entire silk surface, except where he intended to place the flowers. He likely then returned to articulate the petals and, in some cases, the pistils and stamens. The composition shows the tree twisting out of view, only to return with a branch of new growth jabbing forth from an old, broken limb, thereby heightening the visual impact of the blossoms.
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Document identity
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151078
label
Plum Tree
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obj
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painting
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1
Source metadata
id
151078
contentType
painting
title
Plum Tree
description
Ogata Kōrin had to think through his design carefully to create these white plum blossoms and deliver their effect, as he used the reserve technique—where selected areas of the painting surface are left unpainted—to achieve it. He probably roughed in the tree before applying an ink wash to the entire silk surface, except where he intended to place the flowers. He likely then returned to articulate the petals and, in some cases, the pistils and stamens. The composition shows the tree twisting out of view, only to return with a branch of new growth jabbing forth from an old, broken limb, thereby heightening the visual impact of the blossoms.
date
c. 1700
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60475129
creators
11285
genreSpecific
Painting
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Image: 94 x 35.4 cm (37 x 13 15/16 in.); Including mounting: 177.2 x 51.8 cm (69 3/4 x 20 3/8 in.)
cul
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1983.1
Source extras
tec
hanging scroll; ink on silk
tombstone
Plum Tree (梅樹図), c. 1700. Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; image: 94 x 35.4 cm (37 x 13 15/16 in.); including mounting: 177.2 x 51.8 cm (69 3/4 x 20 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1983.10
titleInOriginalLanguage
梅樹図
collection
ASIAN - Hanging scroll
inscriptions
inscription
Artist's signature and seal above hillock bottom right corner
didYouKnow
The Rinpa style of painting is named for Ogata Kōrin, even though he did not create it.
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. "Year in Review for 1983." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 71, no. 2 (1984): 38-79.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 230, p. 77; Reproduced: no. 230, p. 41
citation
Cunningham, Michael R. <em>Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 86
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:48:38.134000
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151078
dept
Japanese Art
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ASIAN - Hanging scroll
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hanging scroll; ink on silk
creatorTags
male
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1
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0
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photo
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