Rankafu - Japanese Woodblock Prints of Orchids

Kaga Shotaro (1888–1954) was a leading businessman of the Kansai region and a devoted lover of nature and beauty. At his retreat along the southern front of Mount Tenno in Kyoto, he pursued his self-confessed lifelong hobby: the cultivation of orchids. His collection comprised some 10,000 specimens, including several cultivars he developed. ‘Rankfafu’ features paintings of his orchids commissioned from artist Ikeda Zuigetsu, reproduced using the technique of traditional woodblock printing. This new and enriched edition of the original botanical anthology updates binomial names, breeding lines, and other data, presenting the flowers once again in all their stunning beauty.