Blossoming Cherry Trees

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Sakai Hōitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828)
Date: ca. 1805
Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions: Image: 38 x 82 3/16 in. (96.5 x 208.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 39 9/16 × 83 3/4 in. (100.5 × 212.8 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession no.: 2015.300.93.1, .2

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