Group of 17 Circa early 1900’s Japanese Herbal Botanical Medical Pages Latin English and Japanese Translations
Group of 17 Circa early 1900’s Japanese Herbal Botanical Medical Pages
17 pages of colored block printed botanicals. Each flower is black with color block printed with name in Japanese, the translation in English and Latin name and common name.
The pages have been folded in the center but no signs that they were bound. Held to the light there are no holes where the stitch binding would have been.
Date is not known but the paper appears to be very late 1800's to early 1900's, paper is hand made but not a traditional rice paper that are common to woodblocks.
Maker is unknown
Size: 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches
Condition: Very fine with bold and vibrant colors to each page. There is a center fold on each page with a few pages having untrimmed edges. Please see the images for details.
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