Japanese Woodblock Flower Prints

$16.95

Publication Date: 31st August 2012

Exceptionally drawn in a realistic fashion and awash in spectacularly rich colors, this one-of-a-kind art book — masterfully reprinted from a rare and costly edition — combines the perennial appeal of flowers with the art of Japanese woodblock prints.
Nothing expresses the richness and vigor of life like blooming flowers. A stunning showcase of 120 full-color plates, this specially chosen collection features beautiful Eastern and Western botanicals that will delight flower lovers, artists, designers, and devotees of fine art. Admire such familiar and unusual blossoms as the poppy, ros... Read More
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Exceptionally drawn in a realistic fashion and awash in spectacularly rich colors, this one-of-a-kind art book — masterfully reprinted from a rare and costly edition — combines the perennial appeal of flowers with the art of Japanese woodblock prints.
Nothing expresses the richness and vigor of life like blooming flowers. A stunning showcase of 120 full-color plates, this specially chosen collection features beautiful Eastern and Western botanicals that will delight flower lovers, artists, designers, and devotees of fine art. Admire such familiar and unusual blossoms as the poppy, ros... Read More
Description
Exceptionally drawn in a realistic fashion and awash in spectacularly rich colors, this one-of-a-kind art book — masterfully reprinted from a rare and costly edition — combines the perennial appeal of flowers with the art of Japanese woodblock prints.
Nothing expresses the richness and vigor of life like blooming flowers. A stunning showcase of 120 full-color plates, this specially chosen collection features beautiful Eastern and Western botanicals that will delight flower lovers, artists, designers, and devotees of fine art. Admire such familiar and unusual blossoms as the poppy, rose, anemone, cyclamen, delphinium, water lily, lupine, passion flower, allamanda, phlox, dahlia, petunia, tulip, freesia, pansy, begonia, and many more beautiful blooms!
Tanigami Kônan (1879–1928) was a genius at the art of woodblock creation and color gradation, and he is still celebrated as one of the finest artists of this highly specialized technique. Captions and a complete index are included in this distinct keepsake edition.

Dover (2008) original selection from Seiyô Soka Zufu, a five-volume set published by Unsôdô, Kyoto, Japan, ca. 1917.
Details
  • Price: $16.95
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
  • Publication Date: 31st August 2012
  • Trim Size: 11 x 8.25 in
  • ISBN: 9780486134468
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals
    NATURE / Plants / Flowers
Table of Contents
Abutilon
Acalypha (or Chenille Plant)
African Violet
Agapanthus
Allamanda
Amaryllis
Ananas (or Pineapple)
Anemone
Antirrhinum (or Snapdragon)
Aquilegia (or Columbine)
Aster
Begonia
Bleeding Heart
Bougainvillea
Broom, Common
Browallia
Caladium
Calceolaria (or Slipperwort)
California Poppy
Calla
Canna
Carnation
Catteya
Centaurea
Chenille Plant
Cineraria
Clarkia
Clerodendron
Clivia
Coleus
Columbine
Common Broom
Cone Flower
Coreopsis
Cosmos
Cychinis
Cyclamen
Cytisus
Daffodil
Dahlia, frontispiece
Daisy
Daisy, Gerber
Delphinium
Dendrobium
Dracaena
Freesia
Fuchsia
Gaillardia
Gerber Daisy
Ginger
Gladiolus
Godetia
Grape
Gypsophilia
Heliotrope
Hibiscus
Hollyhock
Hyacinth
Hyacinth, Water
Impatiens
Iris
Ixia
Laelia
Lathyrus
Lilac
Lily, Water
Lobelia
Lupine
Lychnis
Mallow
Manettia (or Firecracker Vine)
Maranta
Marguerite (or Daisy)
Melastoma
Montbretia
Nasturtium
Oncidium
Pansy
Passion Flower
Pelargonium
Petunia
Phalaenopsis
Phlox
Phyllocactus
Pineapple
Plumbago
Poinsettia
Poppy
Poppy, California
Primula
Red-Hot Poker
Rose
Rudbeckia (or Cone Flower)
Saintpaulia (or African Violet)
Salvia
Scabiosa
Schizanthus
Slipperwort
Snapdragon
Stock
Stokesia
Sweet Pea
Sweet William
Thunbergia
Torenia
Tritoma (or Red-Hot Poker)
Tulip
Verbena
Vitis
Wallflower
Water Hyacinth
Water Lily
Zinnia
Exceptionally drawn in a realistic fashion and awash in spectacularly rich colors, this one-of-a-kind art book — masterfully reprinted from a rare and costly edition — combines the perennial appeal of flowers with the art of Japanese woodblock prints.
Nothing expresses the richness and vigor of life like blooming flowers. A stunning showcase of 120 full-color plates, this specially chosen collection features beautiful Eastern and Western botanicals that will delight flower lovers, artists, designers, and devotees of fine art. Admire such familiar and unusual blossoms as the poppy, rose, anemone, cyclamen, delphinium, water lily, lupine, passion flower, allamanda, phlox, dahlia, petunia, tulip, freesia, pansy, begonia, and many more beautiful blooms!
Tanigami Kônan (1879–1928) was a genius at the art of woodblock creation and color gradation, and he is still celebrated as one of the finest artists of this highly specialized technique. Captions and a complete index are included in this distinct keepsake edition.

Dover (2008) original selection from Seiyô Soka Zufu, a five-volume set published by Unsôdô, Kyoto, Japan, ca. 1917.
  • Price: $16.95
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
  • Publication Date: 31st August 2012
  • Trim Size: 11 x 8.25 in
  • ISBN: 9780486134468
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals
    NATURE / Plants / Flowers
Abutilon
Acalypha (or Chenille Plant)
African Violet
Agapanthus
Allamanda
Amaryllis
Ananas (or Pineapple)
Anemone
Antirrhinum (or Snapdragon)
Aquilegia (or Columbine)
Aster
Begonia
Bleeding Heart
Bougainvillea
Broom, Common
Browallia
Caladium
Calceolaria (or Slipperwort)
California Poppy
Calla
Canna
Carnation
Catteya
Centaurea
Chenille Plant
Cineraria
Clarkia
Clerodendron
Clivia
Coleus
Columbine
Common Broom
Cone Flower
Coreopsis
Cosmos
Cychinis
Cyclamen
Cytisus
Daffodil
Dahlia, frontispiece
Daisy
Daisy, Gerber
Delphinium
Dendrobium
Dracaena
Freesia
Fuchsia
Gaillardia
Gerber Daisy
Ginger
Gladiolus
Godetia
Grape
Gypsophilia
Heliotrope
Hibiscus
Hollyhock
Hyacinth
Hyacinth, Water
Impatiens
Iris
Ixia
Laelia
Lathyrus
Lilac
Lily, Water
Lobelia
Lupine
Lychnis
Mallow
Manettia (or Firecracker Vine)
Maranta
Marguerite (or Daisy)
Melastoma
Montbretia
Nasturtium
Oncidium
Pansy
Passion Flower
Pelargonium
Petunia
Phalaenopsis
Phlox
Phyllocactus
Pineapple
Plumbago
Poinsettia
Poppy
Poppy, California
Primula
Red-Hot Poker
Rose
Rudbeckia (or Cone Flower)
Saintpaulia (or African Violet)
Salvia
Scabiosa
Schizanthus
Slipperwort
Snapdragon
Stock
Stokesia
Sweet Pea
Sweet William
Thunbergia
Torenia
Tritoma (or Red-Hot Poker)
Tulip
Verbena
Vitis
Wallflower
Water Hyacinth
Water Lily
Zinnia