Blossoming Plum with Moon and Snow (right scroll)
Goshun 呉春 (Matsumura Gekkei 松村月渓)
1780–1811
- Medium
- Right scroll of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink and light color on paper.
- Dimensions
- painting proper: H. 136.8 × W. 63.6 cm (53 7/8 × 25 1/16 in.) overall mounting, including roller ends and suspension cord: H. 198.5 × W. 71 cm (78 1/8 × 27 15/16 in.)
- Genre
- Painting
Styles
Tags
Japanese
About
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.