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Viewing Cherry Blossoms

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-37337 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Architecture, Asian, Figures, Flowers, Gardens Artist: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Tags: Architecture, Asian, Figures, Flowers, Gardens

Description

In Viewing Cherry Blossoms, Kitagawa Utamaro fills a house and veranda with people attending to the seasonal display outside. Cherry branches form a canopy over the foreground garden, while screens and roof beams organize the interior. The horizontal arrangement links the shelter of the building with flowering growth, allowing the viewers and their surroundings to share the scene.

Dated 1790, the work was made in ink and color on paper. Blossom viewing gives the gathering a particular rhythm: people pause to attend to something whose appearance is temporary. The house’s firm divisions contrast with the spreading branches beyond, joining a structured human setting with the looser forms of the garden. Utamaro’s print offers a lasting counterpart to the passing season, preserving both the blossoms and the collective pleasure of looking toward them.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Kitagawa Utamaro collection.