Kazumasa Ogawa (1860-1929)

JAPANESE FLOWER STUDIES c.1896. Set of chromo-collotype plates (10), six circular and four oblong studies, circular measuring 240mm diameter and oblong measuring 295 x 215mm. Each mounted and framed in complementary frame colours (light pink and green), with titles affixed to frame versos, frame sizes 400 x 390 and 450 x 365mm. The plates included in the present lot are as follows:

Bletia hyacinthina. Japanese name. Shiran.

Rhododendron indicum. Japanese name. Tsutsuji.

Rhododendron metternichii. Japanese name. Shakuna-ge.

Rosa. Japanese name. Shobi.

Prunus pseudo-cerasus. Japanese name. Sakura.

Prunus pseudo-cerasus. Japanese name. Sakura.

Iris Leevigata var. Kaempferi. Japanese name. Hana-shobu.

Narcissus tazetta. Japanese name. Suisen.

Rosa. Japanese name. Shobi.

Paeonia albiflora. Japanese name. Shaku-yaku.