Describe the characteristics of the Japonaiserie: Flowering Plum Tree (after Hiroshige) in Copies by Vincent van Gogh's Copies after Utagawa Hiroshige.
The Flowering Plum Tree is believed to be the first of three oil paintings made by Van Gogh of Utagawa Hiroshige's Japanese woodblock prints.  He used color to emulate the effect of the printer's ink, such as the red and greens in the background and the tint of green on the white blossoms.  After he moved to Arles, Van Gogh wrote to his sister that he no longer needed to dream of going to Japan, "because I am always telling myself that here I am in Japan."
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