Hanauri (flower vendor), Tokyo, Japan, between ca. 1840 and 1866, a woodcut print attributed to Matsumoto Kōzan, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
A chrysanthemum seller in Japan, ca. 1890, photographer unknown, via Photographic Heritage on flickr (under CC license).
Sakurasō (primrose: Primula sieboldii or P. japonica), ca. 1810, a woodcut print by Kubo Shunman, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Another way to display primroses. This also makes me think of photographer Sibylle Pietrek’s boxed flowers here.
To see how many garden bloggers have arranged flowers today, please take a look at “In a vase on Monday,” hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
Also, the blog It’s About Time, is currently running a series of posts of paintings, “Arranging Flowers in 19C & Early 20C America.”
“Momijigari,” (maple leaf gathering), ca. 1880s, by Taiso Yoshitoshi, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
“Kaki ni kirigirisu” (Grasshopper eating persimmon), late 19th c. reproduction of original early 19th c. meiji print, by Katsushika Hokusai, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
“Yūgao dana nōryō zu” (cooling beneath an evening glory canopy), 1880s, a woodcut print by Yoshitoshi Taiso, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The image “shows a couple in the country with a child and a teapot, sitting on a mat beneath a trellis covered with yūgao vines, enjoying the full moon,” according to the Library’s online catalogue.
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