11 March, 2012
早咲きの品種のようです。ほかの木はまだ蕾も固く。
Showing posts with label plum (梅). Show all posts
Showing posts with label plum (梅). Show all posts
11 March 2012
28 March 2011
One of the last ones
One of the last ones
Originally uploaded by nofrills
散りゆく紅梅、最後に残っている花の一輪。
Japanese plum blossoms are waving goodbye.
26 March 2011
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23 April 2005
plum branch
plum branch
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
picture taken on 08 April 2005.
A big branch of a plum tree and some cherry blossoms in the background.
Prunus mume, or ume in Japanese, is plum. They bloom a few weeks earlier than cherries (sakura). This tree had almost finished its blossom season.
The most famous image of ume is, I believe, the one by a painter/designer Ogata Korin. I searched of an image or two and found this and this.
I am always amazed by how Korin captured the strength of this tree, especially the solid branches.
And I tried to capture the Korin-ish image with my compact camera, and didn't do very well.
3 April 2005
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