Ito Jakuchu: Jasper Flowers in the Mysterious Garden - Selected and Explained by Martin Feddersen

Ito Jakuchu

A portfolio of images of Japanese flora and fauna, which were originally carved by the mid-Edo artist Ito Jakuchu and were reproduced by the German publisher Parus-Verlag. Accompanying the images is a list of titles and descriptions of the works, including the Latin terms of the subects depicted, in German, by Japanese-antiquities collector Martin Feddersen.

Plate titles (loosely, from Japanese to German/Latin to English) in order:

1) Kaido-Tsuri (Pirus spectabilis) -- (Chinese apple)

2) Kiku und Raupe -- (Chrysanthemum and caterpillar)

3) --Der name dieser Blume liess sich nicht sicher bestimmen (The name of this flower could not be determined confidently) -- (includes a cricket among large papery blossoms and stalks)

4) To-Morokoshi (chinesische Sorghum) -- (Chinese sorghum)

5) Daikon (Raphanus sativus) eine Rettichart und Schmettering -- (a radish and butterfly)

6) Nadeshiko (Dianthus, Nalke). Eine der "Sieben Herbstblumen" -- (one of the "seven Autumn flowers")

7) Nasubi (Solanum melongesa) -- (Eggplant -- with ants)

8) Kemanso (Dicentra spectabilis), "Tranendes Herz" -- ("Crying Heart" blossoms -- with bee)

9) Fuji (Wistaris mutabilis) und Libelle -- (Fuji wisteria and dragonfly)

10) Tennansho (Arisaema japonicum, eine Art Aaronsstab) und grosse Krote-- (Japanese arisaema, a kind of lily, and large frog)

1) Fuyo (Hibiscus mutabilis) und Kamakiri -- (Hibiscus and praying mantis)

12) Tsurureishi (Momordica charantia, Springkurbis) -- (Bitter melon, jumping pumpkin)