Plum Blossoms
dated 1851
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
Image: 45 1/2 in. × 16 in. (115.6 × 40.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 79 1/4 × 20 7/8 in. (201.3 × 53 cm) Overall with knobs: 79 1/4 × 20 7/8 in. (201.3 × 53 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Accession Number
2015.500.9.47
Tags
About the Artist
Yamamoto Baiitsu · 1783–1856
Yamamoto Baiitsu (1783–1856) was a leading literati painter of late Edo-period Japan, celebrated for his refined bird-and-flower compositions and evocative landscapes. Born in Nagoya in the Owari domain to a sculptor's family, he was the son of Yamamoto Yumigiemon, an artisan who served the Tokugawa lords of the Owari clan. Baiitsu received early training under local masters, studying bird-and-flo...