Picture Book of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 1]
A Japanese woodblock picture book from 1801 by Kitagawa Utamaro, one volume of a series on flowers of the four seasons, with pages showing women and figures in outdoor settings. The pictures show elegant women in patterned kimono walking, gathering flowers in grassy fields, sheltering under parasols on a boat, and caught in rain, with soft yellow and grey tints and wide open compositions a designer could use for seasonal pattern and layout reference.
![Picture 1 of 5 from Picture Book of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 1] (1801), leaf 5](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_703-5-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 5 from Picture Book of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 1] (1801), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_703-6-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 5 from Picture Book of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 1] (1801), leaf 7](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_703-7-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 5 from Picture Book of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 1] (1801), leaf 9](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_703-9-1.webp)
![Picture 5 of 5 from Picture Book of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) : [volume 1] (1801), leaf 10](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_703-10-1.webp)