A woman studies a plum blossom sprig beneath flowering branches

A woman in a navy-purple kimono with a red-and-pale-blue collar stands beneath a flowering plum tree, raising a slender pale-blue pick with a plum blossom caught at its tip toward her hair. Red and pink blossoms cover the branches around her against a sky shading from blue at the top to pale green. A red title cartouche and a yellow cartouche naming the month and the Umeyashiki plum garden stand at the upper right.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892) was the last major master of ukiyo-e, working through the upheaval of the Meiji era. A pupil of Kuniyoshi, he moved from violent early war prints to the psychological intensity of his mature series — One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (1885–92) and New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts — in which history, legend and theatre are staged by moonlight. His draughtsmanship and unusual use of colour carried the woodblock print into the modern period. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.