Flora Japonica by Masumi Yamanaka

Flora Japonica by Masumi Yamanaka

This book was published in 2017.

Masumi is an award-winning botanical artist based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

In this book, Masumi begins by revealing the history of Japanese botanical illustration with a lovely overview of the influential botanist and illustrator Tomitaro Makino's work.

Next, Masumi shares beautiful artwork that showcases the indigenous plants of Japan. Flora Japonica showcases eighty specially commissioned paintings from thirty-six of Japan’s best modern botanical artists. Daily Gardeners will love that each painting also shares detailed information about the plant’s habitat and history and a botanical description.

This book has 240 botanical art pages highlighting Japan’s glorious and incomparable flora.

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