Description
The Plum Garden at Kameido is one of Utagawa Hiroshige’s most recognizable designs, because it was famously copied by Vincent van Gogh in 1887. It stands out from other works of the time due to its innovative composition—an extreme close-up of the tree—as well as unexpected colors, especially the reddish sky.
Provenance
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959); sold to Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, Feb. 1915; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.
Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
1857
Accession Number
26577
Medium
Color woodblock print; ōban
Dimensions
36 × 24.4 cm (14 3/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Credit Line
Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Precincts of Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Kameido Tenjin keidai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
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The Plum Orchard at Kamata (Kamata no umezono), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
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