畫本野山草 [1]

橘保國畫圖 · 1800 · 芸艸堂 · 37 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) of wild plants, drawn by Tachibana Yasukuni and published in 1800 by Ungyodo, probably for amateur botanical and artistic study. The pictures are fine black line drawings of single flowering stems and leaves, set on pale paper with small Japanese captions, showing how a designer can use clean botanical linework and economical plant silhouettes.

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