EditorialDocument Box Document box Imperial gift box, Flowering gentian on three sides and on the lid. The kiku mon on top of the lid. In wooden box., Akatsuka Jitoku (attributed to), Japan, c. 1920, wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), gold (metal), silve...
EditorialFuyou or cotton rosemallow, Hibiscus mutabilis, and tsururindou or climbing gentian, Tripterospermum japonicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900.
EditorialKanokoyuri or Japanese lily, Lilium speciosum (vulnerable) and hosobarindou or Japanese gentian, Gentiana scabra forma stenopylla. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900.