絵本野山草 5巻 [2]

橘, 保国, 橘保国画 · 1806 · 柳原喜兵衛 · 27 pictures

An 1806 Japanese ehon picture book of wild field plants, illustrated by Tachibana Yasukuni and published by Yanagiwara Kihei in Japan, made as a botanical and pictorial reference for readers. The woodblock pictures show peonies, lilies, orchids and chrysanthemum-like blooms drawn in fine black or green outline on pale paper with minimal shading, and a designer might take their economical line, open spacing and natural botanical arrangement as a model for simple floral motifs.

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