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Hanging scroll painting of people in kimono on a wooden bridge and riverbank, with blossoming cherry trees, pines, green hills and thatched roofs in the foreground.

Cherry blossom viewing

Figures in patterned kimono stroll and crouch along a riverbank and wooden bridge, while blossoming cherry trees and pines line the shore beneath green hills. Thatched rooftops fill the foreground of this hanging-scroll painting in ink and color on silk, with a red seal in the lower right corner.

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Date
1760-1849
Medium
Ink and color on silk panel
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
4000 × 2391 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1849).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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