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楳嶺花鳥画譜 山茶花・蒼鷺(収載資料名:あづまにしきゑ)

楳嶺 · 1883 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from an 1883 picture book of flowers and birds by Baiko, a Meiji-period artist, printed for a general audience of collectors and art lovers. Its single image shows white camellias blooming above two grey herons wading in shallow water beside a thatched hut, rendered in soft, flat colour with a red cartouche of text in the upper right corner that a designer could borrow for layout framing.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library