一白圃艸木画譜 2巻 [1]

斎藤, 兼光, 斎藤兼光 · 62 pictures

A Japanese picture book of plant studies in two volumes, attributed to Saitō Kanemitsu, a record that gives no date or place of publication. The pictures are hand-coloured botanical paintings of irises and similar plants, set on pale paper with loose washes of green, violet, white and blue. A designer might take from them the economical use of flat colour, soft grounds, and simple stylised leaf and petal shapes.

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