Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) painted 'The Plum Garden at Kameido' (1856-58). This painting now resides in the Honolulu Academy of Art, Hawaai, USA. The card was given to me by my Aunt Julia, after she saw it at a visiting exhibition where she worked at the Royal Academy of Art, London. I liked it and kept the card safe. The picture is a wood block print so there are other copies around the world, including in Japan.
There is a story that Vincent Van Gogh, when residing with his 'art dealer' brother Theo, was left for hours on his own with stacks of painting about him. Vincent very much liked the Japanese prints and copied a number of them. we saw this picture below in the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. It was painted inn the autumn 0f 1887
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