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Two peony flowers. Paeonia obovata. Yama shakuyaku (coloured woodblock engraving)

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BL4071479
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Two peony flowers. Paeonia obovata. Yama shakuyaku (coloured woodblock engraving)
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Kan'en Iwasaki (1786-1842) / Japanese
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British Library, London, UK
Medium
coloured woodblock engraving
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Two peony flowers: one white with pale green veins, petals open to reveal red stamen and yellow pollen; and one pale pink with red veins, closed, round. Dark green leaves. Paeonia obovata. Yama shakuyaku. Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.

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Japan / Asia / garden / print / plants / peony / pink / flowers / herbal / white / illustrated / antique / woodblock / paeonia / guide / japanese / botanical / medicinal / engraving / ukiyo-e / 1884 / illustration / shakuyaku / honzo / Iwasaki / color-printed / obovata / Zufu / Kan'en / peonies
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