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The old, gnarled, heavily pruned trunk of a weeping plum tree sits on a golden field under a golden sky. Pink blossoms are just emerging on the few sparse branches that remain.
Shozo Sato, Weeping Plum, 1990s. Two-panel folding screen; sumi ink and 25k gold on paper. Courtesy of the artist.