The title combines two nature motifs: kazemachigusa (風待草), a poetic plant name meaning wind-waiting grass, and plum (梅), one of the most codified subjects in Japanese visual culture. Plum blossoms appear in late winter before the leaves emerge, making them emblems of resilience and the season's turn. Ebizuka's woodblock likely positions these two elements — the grounded, anonymous grass and the culturally loaded plum branch — in compositional dialogue, avoiding the hierarchy typical of classical [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e) in favor of a flatter, more contemporary arrangement. The inclusion of plum under the subject category Food and Drink may reference the fruit rather than the blossom, suggesting the work depicts a later seasonal moment. Multiple color blocks would be required to render the waxy quality of plum skin alongside the fine linear texture of grass stems.
Kazemachigusa, Plum (風待草、梅) was created by Koichi Ebizuka (海老塚耕一).
Kazemachigusa, Plum depicts nature and food & drink.
