Plants from the Classic of Poetry Perfectly Presented in Ancient Paintings

Illustrated Compendium of the Names and Things in the Classic of Poetry, compiled and illustrated by the Edo-period Japanese Confucian scholars Hosoi Jun / Hosoi Toyo,

Its main content is over a hundred exquisite ancient paintings accompanying the Classic of Poetry.

It was roughly drawn and published in the first year of the Kaei era (1848).

Xìngcài (xìng)

"Zhou Nan - Guan Ju"

Guan-guan cry the ospreys, on the islet in the river.

The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady: for our prince a good mate she.

Here long, there short, is the duckweed, to the left, to the right, borne about by the current.

The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady: waking and sleeping, he sought her.

He sought her and found her not, and waking and sleeping he thought about her.

Long he thought; oh! long and anxiously; on his side, on his back, he turned, and back again.

Here long, there short, is the duckweed; on the left, on the right, we gather it.

The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady: with lutes and harps we shall befriend her.

Here long, there short, is the duckweed; on the left, on the right, we cook it.

The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady: with bells and drums we shall delight her.

Water shield

"Lu Song - Pan Shui"

Pleasant is the semicircular water, and we gather the cress in it.

The prince of Lu comes to it, and we see his banner.

His banner waves and flutters; his chariot bells jingle and tinkle.

Small and great, all follow the duke in his progress.

Pleasant is the semicircular water, and we gather the pondweed in it.

The prince of Lu comes to it; his horses