七十二侯名花画帖 上
A Japanese ehon picture album of flower and branch studies, painted by Koseki Shōseki and published by him in 1890, showing seasonal blossoms arranged by the seventy-two micro-seasons of the traditional calendar. The pictures are fine black ink outlines on white paper, with sprays of blossom, leaves and buds drawn with economical, precise line and handwritten Japanese labels beside each branch, useful to a designer seeking clean botanical linework and calligraphic annotation.
