Picture Book on Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 2]
Picture Book on Flowers of the Four Seasons, volume 2, is a Japanese woodblock picture book made by Kitagawa Utamaro and published in Edo in 1801 by Izumiya Ichibei for a general readership. Its double-page spreads show women and companions in gardens, interiors and snowy or autumn settings, with seasonal plants, and a designer might take from them the layered compositions, pale washed colour and elegant figure poses.
![Picture 1 of 7 from Picture Book on Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 2] (1801), leaf 2](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18693-2-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 7 from Picture Book on Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 2] (1801), leaf 3](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18693-3-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 7 from Picture Book on Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 2] (1801), leaf 5](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18693-5-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 7 from Picture Book on Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 2] (1801), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18693-6-1.webp)
![Picture 5 of 7 from Picture Book on Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 2] (1801), leaf 7](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18693-7-1.webp)
![Picture 6 of 7 from Picture Book on Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 2] (1801), leaf 9](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18693-9-1.webp)
![Picture 7 of 7 from Picture Book on Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 2] (1801), leaf 10](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18693-10-1.webp)