Wild Cherry Blossoms

Endless mountain range that stretches from the front to the back is covered in blossoming wild cherry. It expresses the tranquility of Japanese natural scenery and gives a feeling of spaciousness. This elegant Yamato-e (Japanese landscape painting) well represents the painting style of the Kanō school.
Umezawa Seiga (?-1864) learned Yamato-e under the Kobikichō branch of the Kanō School in Edo (modern Tokyo). He then served as an official painter of the Yanagawa clan in Edo. After the Meiji Restoration, he was invited to a residence in Yanagawa domain, located in the southern part of Japan. Therefore, several pieces of his works remain in Yanagawa today.