Flowering bindweed in a porcelain bowl, The leaf and a purple, white and blue bindweed flower, in a porcelain bowl with water. In the foreground a pair of scissors. With four poems that focus on the inflorescence of the bindweed, the flowers open early in the morning and close before noon. One poem, for example, reads: The flowers of the wind must be hungry - they open every morning before breakfast. Growing different types of windes from a beloved activity in the late Edo period (1800-1868)., Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1810 - 1819, paper, colour woodcut, h 211 mm × w 186 mm

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