An album of the complete set of 36 oban tate-e woodblock prints titled Nihon hanazu-e (Pictures of Japanese Flowers), depicting legends, fairy tales, No plays and other stories associated mainly with the theme of cherry blossoms, the illustrations include Lord Kusunoki bidding farewell to his son before the battle at the Sakurai Station, a scene from the No play Hanagatami (Flower Basket) with Teruhi-no-mae holding a flower basket and a letter from her beloved Prince Otabe, and an old man sprinkling ashes on cherry trees from the fairy tale Hanasaka jiji (The Old Man Who Turned Withered Trees to Blossom), some sheets with mica and embossed details, published by Matsumoto Heikichi, dated Meiji 30 and 31 (1897 and 1898); all signed Gekko, the frontispiece with an informative print showing the table of contents, with original cover and title slip.