Shinsen Heika Zui

Two manuscript volumes comprising 100 watercolour illustrations with captions in Japanese, entitled Shinsen Heika Zui (New Selection of Illustrated Flower Arrangement). They were compiled by Yamanaka Chuzaemon in 1698. The illustrations are finely drawn and painted in delicate colours, all well preserved, and depict 100 flower arrangements of Ikenobo rikka style.

University of Edinburgh, Rare Books Collections: Coll-1862