Yanagawa's Picture Book- Volume of Birds and Flowers (vol. 2) 1856

This page from Yanagawa Shigenobu's *Yanagawa's Picture Book- Volume of Birds and Flowers (vol. 2)*, a woodblock print series created in 1856, showcases Shigenobu's talent for capturing the delicate beauty of birds. The page features a variety of avian species in a variety of poses perched amongst flowering branches and a fence post. Shigenobu’s depiction of the birds and flowers is both realistic and stylized, demonstrating his mastery of the Japanese woodblock print technique. The page is a testament to the popularity of nature studies in 19th-century Japan.