Flowering cherry trees along a stream bank

A vertical hanging scroll in ink and tint on silk shows a flowering cherry tree with a hollowed trunk rising at right, its pale blossoms spreading across the upper sky. Along the left, a row of trees lines a grassy embankment above a quiet stream in the foreground.

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)

Date

1615-1868

Medium

Ink and tint on silk panel

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

663 × 1628 px

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