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楳嶺花鳥画譜 糸桜・啄木鳥(収載資料名:あづまにしきゑ)

楳嶺 · 1883 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 2 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock print from 1883 by the artist Bairei, published by Okura Magobei, part of a flower-and-bird picture album (ehon) aimed at general viewers and artists. The page shows a great spotted woodpecker on a weeping cherry trunk, with a red seal and Japanese text in the margin. Designers can take its simple composition, with a single bird on a diagonal trunk framed by blossoms and open cream ground, plus its crisp outlines and restrained palette of pink, grey and cream.

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