The Japanese art of flower arranging, taken from this 1960 book. Pics from Sight Unseen.

Mary Ellen Bartley’s medium of choice is books, stacked in beautiful, satisfying layers.

A woodcut collection of Japanese castles, created by Hashimoto Oki’ie. Via the Gerhard Pulverer Collection.

The most charming book of animal paintings. Minimal but full of life. See it all here. Via Things Magazine.