Blue tongue, Melastoma affine, and sage, Salvia officinalis.

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Blue tongue, Melastoma affine, and sage, Salvia officinalis. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of Western Plants and Flowers: Summer), Unsodo, Kyoto, 1917. Tanigami (1879-1928) depicted 125 varieties of garden plants through the four seasons.

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Size: 5659px × 3889px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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