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White Plum Blossoms and Moon
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Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Mary Griggs Burke Collection Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation 2015
Title: White Plum Blossoms and Moon
Description:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.
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