Toyokuni I: A picnic party among blossoming plum trees |
This is A picnic party among blossoming plum trees, a triptych by Toyokuni I (1769-1825).
Blossoming trees are important in Japanese aesthetics. Cherry blossoms, sakura, are most highly venerated, followed by peach and plum tree blossoms - all of them common motives in Japanese art.