A Book on Flower Arrangement: Hare's-Foot Fern (Shinobugusa 思乃父魚砂) : [volume 3]

Yoshida, Tōgetsu, active 1822 · 1822 · Osaka : Renpōdō 連蓬堂 · 13 pictures

A Japanese woodblock manual of flower arrangement, volume 3 of a set, made by Yoshida Tōgetsu and published in Osaka by Renpōdō in 1822 for amateur practitioners of ikebana. Its pages show pairs of facing leaves with sparse calligraphic notes naming each arrangement's vessel and branches. A designer could draw on the economical line work, the empty space around single branches in vases and stands, and the asymmetric placement of stems against plain vertical guide lines.

Flower arrangement, Japanese

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