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THE PLUM BLOSSOM - A SYMBOL OF SPRING

2/28/2018

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Oil on Canvas 24" x 18"
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Spring air -
woven moon
and plum scent.

- Matsuo Basho (Japanese Poet)

This portrait is of a Japanese bride, wearing a simple, floral kimono and a delicate flower-motif hair ornament, kanzashi, made of silk plum blossoms. The plum blossom holds a special place in Japanese traditions: it represents spring, a time of new beginnings, and is associated with beauty, purity, hope and the transitoriness of life.



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