Plum Park in Kameido
The artist
Utagawa Hiroshige, a Japanese artist famous for beautiful woodblock prints of everyday places.
What you see
A blooming plum tree with a bright red-pink sky, seen up close in a garden in old Tokyo.
The story
Made in 1857, it shows the Kameido plum garden where people came to enjoy the first flowers of spring.
The style
Hiroshige placed one dark tree trunk right in front, a bold, surprising way to frame the scene.
Look closer
Look through the branches to see other visitors and more plum trees blooming far behind.
Where to see it
It belongs to a set called 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo', with copies in many museums today.
Fun fact
Vincent van Gogh loved this print so much that he painted his own copy of it in oil paint.