Japanese Persimmon Botanical Art

Persimmon
Diospytos kaki

Fig. 1

Japanese persimmon, Diospyros kaki

Fig. 2

Diospyros kaki Thunb. var. Sahuti

Diospyros kaki Thunb. [as Diospyros wieseneri Carrière]

Fig. 3

Diospyros kaki Thunb. [as Diospyros wieseneri Carrière]

Fig. 4

Diospyros kaki Thunb.

Watercolor

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Fig. 6

Autumn basket of grapes and persimmons
Honolulu Museum of Art

Fig. 7

Apes in a persimmon-tree, The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868

Dish with persimmons, flowers, and birds

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Dish with persimmons, flowers, and birds
Black lacquer with painted decoration, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Case (Inrō) with Design of Basket of Persimmons (obverse); Monkey Eating Persimmon (reverse)

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Case (Inrō) with design of basket of persimmons (obverse); monkey eating persimmon (reverse)
The Metropolitain Museum of Art

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Fig. ¹ O'Brian, Robert. "Japanese Persimmon, Diospyros kaki." SelecTree Photo Record, 1995-2012, tropical.theferns.info. Accessed 23 Dec. 2016.
Fig. ²Godard. "Diospyros kaki Thunb. var. Sahuti." Revue horticole, serié 4, vol. 59: p. 348, Société Nationale d’Horticulture de France, Paris, France, 1887, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Dec. 2016.
Fig. ³"Diospyros kaki Thunb. [as Diospyros wieseneri Carrière]." Revue horticole, serié 4, vol. 60, Harvard University Botany Libraries, Cambridge, U.S.A., 1888, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Dec. 2016.
Fig. ⁴Smith, M. "Diospyros kaki Thunb." Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, t. 8112-8171, vol. 133 [ser. 4, vol. 3]: t. 8127, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1907, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 23 Dec. 2016.s
Fig. ⁵Pixabay, pixabay.com. Accessed 23 Dec. 2016.
Fig. ⁶O'Brien, Mary Louise, et al." The art of Shibata Zeshin, The Mr. and Mrs. James E. O'Brien Collection at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1979, Hiart. "Autumn Basket of Grapes and Persimmons." Honolulu Museum of Art, lacquer on paper by Shibata Zeshin, accession 4654.1, c. 1873-91, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autumn_Basket_of_Grapes_and_Persimmons_by_Shibata_Zeshin,_--Honolulu_Museum_of_Art--.JPG. Acessed 26 Nov. 2021.
Fig. ⁷Sosen, Mori. "Apes in a persimmon-tree." The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868, ISBN:0297780352, 1747–1821, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apes_in_a_persimmon-tree.jpg
Fig. ⁸"Dish with persimmons, flowers, and birds." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Black lacquer with painted decoration, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), The Met, Public Domain, Image cropped, www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/667022. Acessed 26 Nov. 2021.
Fig. ⁹Sosen, Mori. "Case (Inrō) with Design of Basket of Persimmons (obverse); Monkey Eating Persimmon (reverse)." The Metropolitain Museum of Art, Edo period (1615–1868), The Met, Public Domain, www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/58771. Acessed 26 Nov. 2021.

Published 23 Dec. 2016 LR. Last update 26 Nov. 2021 LR