Weeping Willow

Golden Weeping Willow, Salix alba ‘tristis

Resources

The Forest of Willows in Our Minds, Arirang, Korea Global Television. Copyright 1997, The Korea International Broadcasting Foundation 

Selected works of art featuring Willows:

The Art Institute of Chicago

Isoda Kôryûsai. Beauty Beneath a Willow Tree, Edo period, Japanese, c. 1780. Hanging scroll; ink on silk. Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1931.483

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815). Two Women beneath a Willow Tree, about Tenmei 4 (1785). Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk. William Sturgis Bigelow Collection.

Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Liang Kai (c. 1140–c. 1210). Two Crows and a Weeping Willow. Chan fan painting: ink on silk; in the Imperial Palace Museum, Beijing.Online Photograph. 22 May 2008

Ohara Koson. Little Egret and Willow. Color woodblock print.

Ohara Koson. White Herons and Willow, 1926. Color woodblock print.

Ohara Koson. Bluebird and Willow, 1930. Color woodblock print.

Ohara Koson. Cicada on Willow. 1930.