A Collection of Lively Sketches [Of Flowers and Insects] of the Ming Dynasty (Minchō shiken) 明朝紫硯

The image shows an open book with two pages. The pages are yellowed and aged, with darker spots and a thin black border around the edges of each page. The left page has a vertical column of black Japanese characters in the upper center. The lower portion of the left page has a drawing of a branch with green limbs and pink flowers. The right page has a drawing of a curved green branch with red berries and a few red and yellow flowers. The background behind the book is light gray.