Tamagawa-zutsumi no hana. Blossoms on the Tama River embankment. Print shows sightseers viewing cherry blossoms along the banks of the Tama River at Edo. A cherry blossom (commonly known in Japan as sakura) is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata.

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Tama River Cherry Blossoms, 1856

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