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Blossoming Cherry Trees

Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一

Color painting formed from a pair of screens arranged horizontally side-by-side, each with six, narrow vertical panels, of two trees with white blossoms and reddish leaves, one on each side, with the upper parts of the trees cropped out of frame. The background is solid gold, except a band of solid silver along the lower register. — Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper; 38 × 82 3/16 in (image). Public Domain

Artist
Sakai Hōitsu

Subject Area
Plants

Artistic Techniques
Gold, Gold Leaf Tarashikomi

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