# Children Playing in the Snow under Plum Trees in Bloom (Secchū baisō gunji yūgi zu)

**Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu** (Japanese, 1838–1912)  
November 1887  
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper  
Image: 14 x 28 3/4 in. (35.6 x 73 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JP3341. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55500).

## About this work

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu designed this (November 1887), aged 49. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Colour woodblock print.** In Japan these were a team effort. The artist drew the design, a carver cut it into cherry-wood blocks, one block for each colour, and a printer brushed on the pigment and rubbed each sheet by hand. Full-colour prints of this kind were called nishiki-e, “brocade pictures”, from the 1760s on.
- **Triptych.** Three sheets designed to sit side by side and read as one wide picture.

### [Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/yoshu-hashimoto-chikanobu)

Japanese, 1838–1912

## Facts

- Type: Prints
- Culture: Japan
- The artist was 49
- Real size: about 14 × 29 in (36 × 73 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 18 × 24 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/ukiyo-e)
- Subjects: Boys, Girls, Women, Playing, Winter, Snow
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/946.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/946/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/children-playing-in-the-snow-under-plum-trees-in-bloom-secch-met-55500).