君なくて誠に多太の桜哉” きみなくて まことにただの さくらかな。 A haiku by Issyo Kobayashi: “without you – the cherry blossoms – are just blossoms”.
Spring is finally here — and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Nature’s beauty is shining, and the warm sunlight is returning. Among all the signs of the season, it’s the sakura that lifts our spirits the most. This article brings together 20 beautiful paintings that let you enjoy the magic of cherry blossoms, wherever you are.
Reo Otsuka, Elegance-sunlight, 2024.Yui Mizuno, Dancing, 61 x 73 cm. Acrylic, pigments, mica on hemp paper.Kuan Hsien WANG, Ephemeral Shadows of Spring, 2024.Kaori Aoki, Memory, 2024.Takashi Murakami, Sakura & Panda, offset lithograph, 2020, diameter: 71 cm (28 in).Nozomi Hirata, Sakura Memories, 2024.Madoka Goto, Overflowing, 2023.Daiya Yamamoto, Cherry Blossom — Spring Breeze, 73 x 100 cm. Pencil, pigment, and oil on canvas.Yuji Tezuka, Farewell to Spring, 1995Reiji Hiramatsu, Landscape with flowers, 2011. Collection of the Museum of Impressionism, GivernyRieko Egami, TWE_O53, 81 x 61 cm. Acrylic on cotton canvas.Shin Sato, Dojo-ji Temple, Kiyohime, 2021.Daisuke Oba, SAKURA, 2009. Acrylic on cotton and panel.Ryoichi Taguchi, Sound of Silver — Cherry Blossom Period —, 80 x 100 cm. Silver and gold leaf, silver foil, and non-tarnishing silver leaf on hemp paper.Hanako Sawasaki, A Shadow of the Past – Cherry Tree, 2023.Kaori Someya, Yoruhiru Sakura-zu, 2020. Kayoko Kimura SAKURA 2023-01, 2023. Oil on canvas, 100 × 81 cm.Shin Sato, Spirit of the Tree – Usuzumi Zakura, 2021.Yuka Omura, Moist cherry blossoms, 2024.Yukie Mori, Breath of Flowers, 2023.