In legend, Bunbuku chagama is the name of a tea kettle owned by priest Shukaku who turned out to be an ancient raccoon dog or mujina, the supposed kettle still on view at Morin-ji temple which Shukaku served.
From the Biodiversity Library https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157632056573873
17th Century
Chinese
Oriental
Printing
Chinese Artist Manual, printed in 1633 is the World’s Oldest Multicolor Book
This is the oldest multi color book in history. The printed images give the feel of watercolor paintings.
https://mymodernmet.com/oldest-book-color/
20th Century
Avantgarde
El Lissitzky: "About Two Squares: A Suprematist Tale of Two Squares in Six Constructions" 1922
Book with letterpress and offset lithography, in black and red, on cream wove paper, stapled along spine https://www.kodomo.go.jp/gallery/modernism/09_for2/index_e.html
17th Century
Biological Drawing
Engraving
Thistle, boar, and mastiff surrounded by various plants and insects.
Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar. Wellcome Collection https://marinni.livejournal.com/491199.html
19th Century
Anatomical illustration
Iran
Islamic
Middle Eastern
Persian
Human body with anatomical terms, Persian, 1893
Human body with anatomical terms. The writing is in a good professional hand. From a Persian manuscript with a seal bearing the words: Murajiah va taftish shud. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_body_with_anatomical_terms,_Persian,_1893_Wellcome_L0012605.jpg
Seen here: http://vintageephemera.blogspot.com/2010/10/advertisement-page-from-scientific-news.html
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