It is essentially the favourite flower of the upper classes in Japan, yet play an important part in the art of the country.
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Yoshiwara. Lives of famous courtesans, Japan.
The History of the Yoshiwara Yūkwaku. Geisha and Courtesan Life in Old Tokyo.
Utagawa Toyokuni. Master of the Ukiyo-e style.
A brilliant artist of high repute in his day. Some of his prints, especially the earlier ones, are of distinguished quality.
A bowl (hachi), Ko-kutani, Kaga Japan
Work of Tamora Gonzayemon. Painted by Kuzumi Moriage. Nine of the sixteen Rakan. 17th century.
Viewing the Irises at Horikiri, Japan.
The Acorus calamus, or Sweet Flag, which the Japanese call Hana-Shobu.
Wistaria Blossoms at Kameido, Japan.
Josiah Conder describes the beloved Wistaria as the first popular summer flower celebrated in Japanese gardens.
Japan. Purple Iris by Ogata Kōrin.
From paintings in colours on a gold-paper ground, mounted as a pair of six-leaf screens.
Hanabusa Itchō. One of the Four Refined Amusements. Japan.
Hanabusa Itchō was a Japanese painter and artist of the middle Edo period (Genroku period).
Kiku. The Chrysanthemum. Mythological Japan.
The chrysanthemum is the flower of autumn and is sometimes referred to as the national flower of Japan
Large flower vase. Kutani ceramic. Kaga, Japan.
Kaga, Ko Kutani ceramic. Large flower vase (hanaike), of rather soft white pottery.