EditorialEbukitoranoo or Japanese bistort, Bistorta officinalis Delarbre subsp. japonica, and uchouran, Ponerorchis graminifolia. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialFairy and butterfly dancing on a camellia flower, Camellia japonica. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans after an illustration by Richard Doyle from In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World, Longman, London, 1870.
EditorialSuzuribako, Suzuribako with an image of the omoto (Rhodea Japonica). Red-brown lacquer with mother-of-pearl, coral, etc. inlay, anonymous, Japan, 1800 - 1900, Edo-period (1600-1868), wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), h 5.4 cm ? w 16.8 cm ? d 19...
EditorialHornbill (Bucerotidae), avis japonica. Calao rhinoceros / Calao rhinoceros (title on object), Hornbill. Numbered top right: 30. With the Latin name. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds ...
EditorialNeushoornvogel (Bucerotidae); avis japonica. Calao rhinoceros / Calao rhinoceros (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 112 mm ? w 141 mm.
EditorialNeushoornvogel (Bucerotidae); avis japonica. Calao rhinoceros / Calao rhinoceros (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 112 mm ? w 141 mm.
EditorialPinecone fish, Monocentris japonica (Monocentris carinata). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842.
EditorialKichijosou or reineckea, Reineckea carnea, with crimson flower, and biwa or loquat tree, Eriobotrya japonica. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900.
EditorialYatsude or Japanese castor oil plant, Fatsia japonica, and kanzakura cherry blossom, Prunus kanzakura. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900.
EditorialEbukitoranoo or Japanese bistort, Bistorta officinalis Delarbre subsp. japonica, and uchouran, Ponerorchis graminifolia. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialFairy and butterfly dancing on a camellia flower, Camellia japonica. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans after an illustration by Richard Doyle from In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World, Longman, London, 1870.