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Blossoming Plum with Moon and Snow (right scroll)

Blossoming Plum with Moon and Snow (right scroll)

1752 - 1811

Goshun 呉春 (Matsumura Gekkei 松村月渓)

Japanese

Pair of scrolls depicting blossoming plum trees. The left scroll shows a hazy moon rising over a hanging branch that stretches across the composition. The right scroll depicts an old plum tree covered lightly in snow. Both images are juxtaposed against a light gray wash indicating early evening.

Right scroll of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink and light color on paper.

Edo period, 1615-1868

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