EditorialLa Brisson. Fringed iris or shaga, Iris japonica. Named for Brisson of the Academie Royale des Sciences. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz' Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultiven...
EditorialLa Brisson. Fringed iris or shaga, Iris japonica. Named for Brisson of the Academie Royale des Sciences. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz' Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultiven...
EditorialShaga, fringed or crested iris, Iris japonica. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889.