A Book on Flower Arrangement: Hare's-Foot Fern (Shinobugusa 師廼部供作) : [volume 2]

Yoshida, Tōgetsu, active 1822 · 1822 · Osaka : Renpōdō 連蓬堂 · 16 pictures

A Japanese woodblock manual of flower arrangement, volume 2 of Shinobugusa, made by Yoshida Tōgetsu and published in Osaka by Renpōdō in 1822 for students and practitioners of ikebana. Its pictures show paired pages of single-stem arrangements in vases, bamboo containers and ceramic jars, set on low stands or hung from a wall, drawn in fine black line with brief inscriptions beside each one. A designer could take from them the economy of asymmetric placement, the open negative space around sparse branches, and a clear vertical rhythm for layouts.

Flower arrangement, Japanese

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