新選文林画譜 菊
A Meiji-era Japanese picture manual (ehon) on chrysanthemums, published in 1892 by Sekizenkan under the authors Suzuki Seikei and Tsunematsu, likely for students and painters learning flower motifs. Its woodblock-style plates show chrysanthemum blooms, leaves and branches in bold black masses set against fine white line drawing, with brief Chinese-character captions beside them. A designer could draw on the economical contrast of dense silhouette foliage with open outlined blooms, and on the calligraphic captions as a layout device.
