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Plum Flowers by Ogata Gekko — Japanese Woodblock print

Plum Flowers

by Ogata Gekko

Medium:
Woodblock print
Image courtesy of
Honolulu Museum of Art

Description

A woman in a blue kimono stands beneath a flowering plum branch on a garden path, looking toward a young girl in a red kimono with white floral patterns who walks slightly ahead. Pale pink and white blossoms cluster along dark branches at the top of the composition, with a muted green-and-blue landscape and body of water visible in the background. The palette is soft — indigo blue, red, white, and pale green — rendered in flat, linear woodblock style. Ogata Gekko's "Plum Flowers" (woodblock print, date unknown).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Plum Flowers was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).