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楳嶺花鳥画譜 牡丹・白〔カン〕(収載資料名:あづまにしきゑ)

楳嶺 · 1883 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 1 picture

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) of flower and bird paintings by the artist Baiyō... (Baiei, 楳嶺), published in Tokyo in 1883 by Ōkura Magobei for a general audience of collectors and print buyers. Its single plate shows a pink and purple peony with a pair of pheasants beside a garden bridge, with calligraphic text in a cartouche at upper right; a designer could take its layered floral composition, framed border, and muted naturalistic palette as a model for botanical and decorative work.

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