Plum Drawn from the Mind, first half 19th century, Baichi Dōjin, Japanese, 1785 - 1859, 53 3/16 × 26 1/16 in. ( × cm) (image)83 3/8 × 27 1/2 in. ( × cm) (without roller), Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan, 19th century, The practice of painting blossoming plum branches in monochrome ink seems to have emerged in tenth-century China and became popular among the Japanese literati of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Delicate flowers budding from a wizened plum tree during the winter carry associations of longevity, renewal, and purity.

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