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Shiseki Renju
Blossoming Plum Tree1906

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Chinese ink painting on a hanging scroll with expressive grape clusters and vines in loose gray washes and dynamic black brushstrokes, with cursive calligraphy and red seals
Hanging scroll with ink brushwork; bold, gestural black strokes suggesting plant forms at left, alongside two vertical columns of cursive Chinese calligraphy, with two red seal impressions.
Close-up of an ink work on paper, featuring a red oval seal impression with Chinese seal script characters, surrounded by bold black cursive Chinese calligraphy brushstrokes.
Ink painting on paper, detail showing a diagonal brushstroke branch with a small bird perched above, alongside a square red seal stamp with white Chinese seal-script characters.

Shiseki Renju, Blossoming Plum Tree, 1906, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Yvonne Lenart in memory of Eileen F. Singer, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Shiseki Renju
Japan, 1842-1914
Title
Blossoming Plum Tree
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1906
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 57 3/4 x 31 5/8 in. (146.69 x 80.33 cm); Mount: 81 1/2 x 34 in. (207.01 x 86.36 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Yvonne Lenart in memory of Eileen F. Singer
Accession Number
M.2004.235
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art

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