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Japanese Flower Arrangements
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Shimbi Shoin: Japanese Flower Arrangements, Tokyo, The Shimbi Shoin, not dated but ca 1937, 12mo, six folders each containing five loose black and white collotype plates of flower arrangements. Each cover has a different title. Inside the front cover of the folder states "Printed by the Shimbi Shoin., LTD. Tokyo." Inside the back cover of the folder states "Shofuryu School of Japanese Flower Arrangement, 9 Doshin-cho, Koishikawaku, Tokyo, Japan."
Sizes:
Folders - 6 x 8 1/2 in - 15.3 x 21.3 cm
Plates - 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 - 13.8 x 18.1 cm
Titles on the six folders:
Table Flowers
Ikenobo
Kansui Ike
Moribana
Morimono
Nageire
The plates are high quality black and white collotypes printed on medium thickness card stock. The images are printed in a recessed area of the plate.
Folder & One of the Six Plates in Each Folder
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