A group of ten woodblock-printed books on flowers and flower arranging and drawing manuals on flora

Property from the Japan Society Library, London

A group of ten woodblock-printed books on flowers and flower arranging and drawing manuals on flora

each encased in 20^th century fitted blue linen board case with impressed gold leaf Japan Society Imperial chrysanthemum crest, and comprising: 

comprising:

Kamigaki Morikuni, Secrets of Sericulture (Yosan hiroku), 3 vols., dated Kyowa 3 (1803), illustrations by Hayami Shungyosai and  blue paper covers with key fret pattern, paper title slips

Kotendo Shujin, On Convolvuli (Kadan asagao tsu), 2 vols., illustrations by Mori Shunkei, published by Takahashi Heisuke and Izumimoto Hachibei, dated Bunka 12 (1815), paper covers with title slips

Nakayama Yuhei, Gardener’s Guide (Senkwa-o den), 4 vols., each titled according to the four seasons Spring (Haru), Summer (Natsu), Autumn (Aki) and Winter (Fuyu) Osaka, dated Kaei 4 (1851), blue paper covers with title slips

Rankai Shimpen, Flower Arrangement (Rikka hyakubin zue), 1 vol., n. d., paper covers

[Anon.], On Floral Arrangement (Shogetsu do hyaku bin), 3 vols., dated Koka 2 (1845), blue paper covers with title slips

[Anon.], One Hundred Flower Arrangements (Shogetsu do koryu hyaku bin), 2 vols., dated Meiji 30 (1898), brown paper covers with title slips

[Anon.], Catalogue of Chrysanthemums (Kikubana meiji-sen), 1 vol., embroidered silk covers with paper title slips, titled and dated 1891

[Anon.], Flower Arrangements for the Four Seasons (Ikebana shiki ei), 4 vols., n.d., blue paper covers with key fret pattern, paper title slips

[Anon.], Adonis Picture Book (Ehon fukujuso), dated Horeki 5 (1755), and a further woodblock printed book with double-page illustrations of flowers

[Anon.], A sketchbook, ink and colour on paper, with various sketches of flowers, plants, birds and animals, 1 vol., n.d., blue paper covers embossed with peonies and chrysanthemums above scrolling karakusa