Artwork
Umemi Tsuki|Plum-Seeing Month: Second Month
Umemi Tsuki|Plum-Seeing Month: Second Month is an ink print by the Baroque artist Isoda Koryūsai. It dates from 1762 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Accession no.
- JP2786
- Credit line
- Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
About this work
Overview
Umemi Tsuki, or Plum-Seeing Month: Second Month, is a woodblock print created by Isoda Koryūsai in 1762. The print is held in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts two women in traditional Japanese attire standing by a serene stream, surrounded by lush greenery and flowers. The women's kimonos feature distinct patterns, with one wearing orange and the other gray.
Technique & Style
The artist's use of color and composition achieves a harmonious balance, evoking a peaceful atmosphere. The print's tranquil scene is enhanced by the winding stream, trees, and hills in the background.
Artist & collection
The Chofu Tama River in Musashi Province (from the series The Six Tama Rivers of the Floating World)
鈴木春信画 虚無僧・「風俗四季歌仙 卯月」|A Flute-Playing Monk (Komusō); The Fourth Month (Uzuki), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki kasen)
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Third Print from A Low Tide Pentaptych
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「風流六く歌仙紀友則 十」|“Two Young Women on a Verandah Watching Plovers,” from the series Stylish Six Poetic Immortals (Fūryū rokkasen: Ki no Tomonori, jū)
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Fourth Print from A Low Tide Pentaptych
Women with Salt Pails; The Noda Tama River in Mutsu Province, from an untitled series of the Six Tama Rivers- 鈴木春信画 見立三夕 「西行法師」|A Young Man and Woman with a Shamisen; Monk Saigyō, from a series alluding to the Three Evening Poems (Sanseki waka)