An adult coloring book in postcard form, based on the flowers and plants that appear in the Man'yoshu, the oldest collection of Japanese poetry. The pictures are by Natsuki. The flowers from the poems include lotus, dogtooth violet, wisteria, dianthus, hydrangea, balloon flower, bush clover, red spider lily and camellia.
The book is A5 size with 40 pages and holds 16 designs. Each design comes with a colored sample to follow. The pages are perforated, so you can tear them out and send them as postcards or frame them.
The opening pages introduce the art materials and explain coloring techniques in three steps: basics, shading and advanced use.