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楳嶺花鳥画譜 金桜子・水鶏(収載資料名:あづまにしきゑ)

楳嶺 · 1883 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1883 by the artist Bairei, published by Ōkura Magobei, part of a flower-and-bird picture album (ehon) for a general art-loving audience. The print shows a white-flowered camellia-like shrub in full bloom with two birds, one in flight and one wading below, under a pale moon. Designers can take its restrained palette of cream, sage green and rose accents, its framed border with calligraphic text panel, and its balance of blossom clusters against open sky.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library