Arranging the Picture
Utagawa Hiroshige
Plum Estate, Kameido
1857
Woodblock print, image 34 × 22.6 cm. Brooklyn Museum, New York
A plum tree fills the foreground, close up, and the orchard beyond is seen through its branches.
- Look past the trunk: small figures stand along a fence among the distant trees.
- Van Gogh copied the print in 1887, keeping its composition.
Concepts
Image: Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.30 · No known copyright restrictions (Brooklyn Museum); caption and credit required: Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.30