MeMoMu_HOHI_027 SLEEPING DRAGON PLUM / GARYUBAI

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Kürbla Meeste Kunstikool / Kumari Imedemaa / Kumari's Wonderland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Park_in_Kameido

Description

The print shows part of the most famous tree in Edo, the "Sleeping Dragon Plum" (臥竜梅, garyūbai), which had blossoms "so white when full in bloom as to drive off the darkness"[attribution needed] and branches that travelled looping across the ground like a dragon to emerge as further trunks over an area of 50 square feet.[7] The tree is shown with a unique abstract composition, with wide branches taking up much of the foreground but cropped by the frame of the picture giving a resemblance to Japanese calligraphy.[8] The tree is situated in Umeyashiki, a plum garden by the banks of the Sumida River in Kameido.[9] Visible between the branches of the Sleeping Dragon Plum are further trees and small figures behind a low fence contemplating the plum blossom. A sign, possibly forbidding vandalism, is in the foreground at the top left of the image.[10] The image demonstrates Hiroshige's mastery of Japanese landscapes and uses his exaggerated single-point perspective whereby the closest objects in view are increased in size. The positioning of the undetailed subject 'too close to the lens' is intended to draw the eye to the scene beyond.[11] In addition the use of the unnatural red sky has the effect of flattening the visible space.[5][8] 

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