Japanese Rare and Unique Collections at KU: Botany and Birds

This collection of books features paintings from ikebana, or the art of flower arrangement. Ikebana is a long known art form dating back to the Heian period, which still lives on today as one of the most well known traditional Japanese art forms. This collection features four different volumes, one for each season. The displayed order is as follows: spring, summer, autumn, winter. You can click on each image to enlarge. The cover photo is of the spring edition. These books were a gift to the University of Kansas from Lucille Hallenbeck Evans.