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We celebrate the great tradition of wood block prints, and the
enormous influence of Asian art on Western artists, with
this beautiful series of woodblock botanical prints by Tanigami Konan (1879-1928). The work was to celebrate
the seasons, so there are exuberant selections from all
the seasons. It is called Seiyo Soka Zofu, or a
Pictorial Book of Western Flowers and was very
carefully researched as it includes a huge variety of
western flowers. These prints are ALL ORIGINAL authentic woodblock prints from the very rare 1971 edition. These prints are particularly vivid and lush, with extravagant displays of all the very best flowers - tulips, lilies, daffodils, crocus, iris and all the numerous splendors of the botanical world. It is definitely the abundant style of the West versus the more restrained and elegant style of the East.
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