Collected Haiku Poems (Hokku shū)
A Japanese haiku collection printed in Kyoto in 1793 by Komai Genki, published by Kikuya Tahyōe for readers of verse. The one picture shows a pale pink hibiscus-like flower with yellow stamens, green leaves and closed buds painted in soft washes on a cream ground. A designer might take its restrained negative space, delicate gradient washes and asymmetric placement of blossom and buds as a model for minimal botanical layouts.
