Chrysanthemums- Type 1- Variant 1

This woodblock print presents a close study of chrysanthemum blossoms rendered with the botanical attentiveness that characterizes Ohno Bakufu's decorative work outside his celebrated fish series. The composition likely isolates one or several fully opened mum heads against a neutral or subtly gradated ground, allowing the layered petals — printed with fine keyblock lines and multiple color impressions — to read as the primary subject. Chrysanthemums carry deep cultural weight in Japan as the imperial flower and autumnal symbol, and Ohno's treatment follows a kacho-e tradition that prizes fidelity to natural form. Bokashi gradation would give depth to the background, while the petal surfaces may show delicate kento-registered overprinting. Designated as Type 1, Variant 1, this impression belongs to a designed sequence of compositional or colorway variations intended to demonstrate the range of the subject across a single edition.