Seitei’s Birds and Flowers Painting Manual 1891

This is a page from Seitei’s *Birds and Flowers Painting Manual* (1891) by the prominent Japanese artist Watanabe Seitei (1851–1918). It is a manual of instructions for painting birds and flowers in the *kachō-ga* (bird-and-flower painting) genre, a popular form of Japanese art. The manual is written in Japanese calligraphy and provides detailed instructions for painting various birds and flowers. The work is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in New York City.