Soken Picture Album: The Plant Section 1807

This is a page from the "Soken Picture Album: The Plant Section", created by Yamaguchi Soken in 1807. The album showcases Soken's artistic talent in depicting the delicate beauty of the natural world. This particular page features detailed illustrations of flowering plants and a willow branch with buds and leaves, rendered in black ink on a pale background. The work exemplifies the Japanese tradition of botanical illustration, emphasizing careful observation and precise representation. The "Soken Picture Album" is a valuable document of Japanese art and natural history, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.