Kouka or kujin, Sophora flavescens. Root used in Chinese medicine as ku shen. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.

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