Cleveland Museum of Art

Dish with Weeping Cherry Tree

Date

late 1800s

Medium

Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze red enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)

Culture

Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Japanese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This dish depicts a cherry tree (sakuragi) whose flower-laden branches are the centerpiece while the sliver of a trunk and roots appear on the left edge. The sakura blossoms are delicately depicted in an iron-red overglaze. The flowers’ various positions (facing out and downward) and stages of maturity (bud and full bloom) enhance the naturalism and dynamism of the image.

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