Catalogue information
Edo period, 17th century
Section of handscroll, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
30.6 x 67 cm (12 x 26 3/8 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 52 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Text
[Saigyō
] composes a poem as he happens upon beautiful cherry trees at the shrine of Yagami Ōji:
Long-awaited cherries of Yagami are in bloom, / winds waft over the mountains and pines, / do not disturb these fragile flowers.