Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase / Nakabayashi Chikkei
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- Accession Number
- 1987/1.362
- Title
- Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase
- Artist
- Nakabayashi Chikkei
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1816-1867
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- literati
- Inscription
- Signature of the artist: Chikkei
- Seals of the artist: Seigyô no in; Azana Shôfu
- Dimensions
- 56.2 cm x 105.2 cm (22 1/8 in. x 41 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- The painting is nearly entirely dominated by mountains, yet nestled among them lie two small buildings. Around these structures and near the placement of the viewer are dark plum trees with spiky branches and pink and white blossoms.
- Subject Matter
- The village of Tsukigase is tucked into a deep valley northeast of Nara, the ancient capital of Japan. There, plum trees had long been cultivated for dyes and medicinal use. After the scholar Saitô Setsudô (1797–1865) published a collection of poems on Tsukigase in the mid-nineteenth century, however, springtime excursions to the village became a favorite pastime for Japanese scholars and literati painters. They admired the plum blossom for its understated beauty, in contrast to the more exuberant cherry.
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- asian
- buildings and the land
- chinese
- chinese painting styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- deciduous trees
- east asian
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- landforms by shape or position
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- natural landscapes
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- paintings by form
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- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
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- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1473 x 989
- File Size
- 207 KB
- Record
- 1987/1.362
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"Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase; Nakabayashi Chikkei." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1987-sl-1.362/1987_1.362.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.