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Kaga, Shotaro - ??? - ???????? | [Rankafu (Orchid Print Album) - Tennozan Oyamazaki Mountain Lodge]

Title: ??? - ???????? | [Rankafu (Orchid Print Album) - Tennozan Oyamazaki Mountain Lodge]
Description: Dohosha Publishing 1995 104, col illus, b/w photos. . PB. Vg in d/w.. Text Japanese. Selections from the coloured woodblock prints of the orchid collection grown at Tennozan Oyamazaki Sanso (Mountain Lodge) of Mr. Shotaro Kaga (1888-1954). Kaga, a successful business man and founder of Nikka Whiskey Co. (now Asahi Beer Co.), was a dedicated orchid lover who brought many new species to Japan, and had them planted at his mountain villa. The Rankafu prints are considered masterworks of botanical art. Kaga employed the finest artists, carvers, printers and materials to create this stunning record.. [9784810421903]

Keywords: Botanical Art; Japan; Eastern Asia; Asia; Orchidaceae; Orchids

Price: GBP 20.00 = appr. US$ 28.56 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S61022

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