New and Revised Illustrated Book of Plants. Volume 16: Herbaceous Plants
Artist
Iinuma Yokusai
(Japanese, 1783 – 1865)
Artist
Tanaka Yoshio
(Japanese, 1838 – 1916)
Artist
Ono Motoyoshi
(Japanese, 1838 – 1890)
Artist
Kubo Hiromichi
(Japanese)
Artist
Yokokawa Masatoshi
(Japanese)
Publisher
Heirinsō
Date1874
PeriodMeiji period (1868–1912)
MediumWoodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet (Open Sheet): 10 7/16 × 13 in. (26.5 × 33 cm)
Overall: 10 7/16 × 7 1/16 × 3/8 in. (26.5 × 18 × 0.9 cm)
Overall: 10 7/16 × 7 1/16 × 3/8 in. (26.5 × 18 × 0.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Charles and Robyn Citrin, 2018
Object numberSN11629.165
<italics>Illustrated Book of Plants</italics>, first published 1856–1862, is Japan’s earliest botanical encyclopedia to use Linnaean taxonomy. The encyclopedia was compiled by Iinuma Yokusai, a pioneer of modern botany, Dutch medicine, and photography. Yokusai drew all 1,259 specimens depicted in the 20 volumes of the encyclopedia, most of which he collected from his garden.
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1662-1722
late 15th-early 16th Century
mid 19th-early 20th Century