Chikuto Nakabayashi Gallery of the Reader Collection of Japanese Flower-and-Bird Art

Some of Chikutō’s drawings of birds, insects and (or) flowers were included in a picture book entitled Chikutō Chōchū Gafu (i.e., Picture Album of Birds and Insects by Chikutō), published in 1882. The book’s twenty-six pictures of birds and (or) flowers are shown in this gallery. Click on a picture to enlarge it. To see a gallery with larger pictures click here.