Shasei sōka moyō (Patterns of Flowers and Grasses from Life), Volume 2 (Ge)
写生草花模様 下
by Furuya Kōrin
- Date:
- 1907
- Medium:
- Woodblock-printed design album (zuanchō); ink and color on paper
写生草花模様 下
by Furuya Kōrin
Volume two (Ge, 下) of Shasei sōka moyō (Patterns of Flowers and Grasses Drawn from Life) completes the two-volume woodblock-printed design album issued in Kyoto in 1907 by the publisher Yamada Unsōdō, designed by Furuya Kōrin (1875-1910). The Rijksmuseum's copy (RP-P-2005-557B) was acquired alongside its companion first volume and is digitized via Wikimedia Commons. Where volume one tends to concentrate on flowering plants of spring and summer (peonies, irises, morning glories, water grasses), volume two extends the season into autumn and early winter motifs — chrysanthemums, susuki grass, bush clover, maple foliage, and the kerria rose — treated in Furuya's late-Meiji neo-Rinpa idiom of flat, stylized decorative pattern derived from naturalistic observation (shasei). The printing exploits the late-Meiji Kyoto technical repertoire of multi-block colour impression with metallic and mineral pigments and embossed ([karazuri](/glossary/karazuri)) backgrounds. Together the two volumes function as a unified pattern library aimed at the kimono, lacquer, and metalwork trades clustered around Kyoto's craft quarters, while also standing as a free-standing decorative-art object collected internationally.
写生草花模様
1907
Woodblock printed book in two volumes; ink and color with metallic pigments on paper
縞々
1904
Color woodblock-printed design album (zuanchō); ink and color on paper
古代陳設十六図
1903
Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style binding), ink on paper
光琳模様
1907
Two-volume orihon (concertina-binding) album; color woodblock on paper
Shasei sōka moyō (Patterns of Flowers and Grasses from Life), Volume 2 (Ge) (写生草花模様 下) was created by Furuya Kōrin (古谷紅麟) in 1907.
Shasei sōka moyō (Patterns of Flowers and Grasses from Life), Volume 2 (Ge) depicts birds & flowers.
