Cherry and Maple 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: early 1820s
Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions: Image (each): 62 3/8 in. × 11 ft. 2 5/8 in. (158.5 × 342 cm) Overall (each): 68 7/8 in. × 11 ft. 9 in. (175 × 358.1 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, Rogers and Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation Funds, and Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2018
Accession no.: 2018.55.1, .2

Paulownias and Chrysanthemums
Sakai Hōitsu
early 1800s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009500
Chrysanthemums by the Water
Sakai Hōitsu
1761–1828 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010357
Persimmon Tree
Sakai Hōitsu
1816 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00014184
Blossoming Cherry Trees
Sakai Hōitsu
ca. 1805 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00014404