Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Ume yashiki), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Date1857

Label TextThe Plum Garden at Kameido, one of the Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo, transcends boundaries, cultures, and time. This iconic site is perhaps best known from the viewpoint of the branches of a blossoming plum tree as framed by renowned woodblock print artist, Utagawa Hiroshige. This site was further celebrated as the influx of Edo-era woodblock prints caught the fancy of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists of the late 19th century. This print in particular inspired Vincent van Gogh so deeply that he copied it in oils, adding his own flourishes with an interpretation of Japanese characters as a border.

Object number2017.23.22

Provenance[Egenolf Gallery, Burbank, California]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2005; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2017

Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - Sept. 9, 2007. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 58, reproduced p. 81. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Legends, Tales, Poetry: Visual Narrative in Japanese Art, Dec. 22, 2012 - July 21, 2013.

Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

DimensionsSheet: 14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (35.9 x 24.4 cm)

MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper