Olive Tree Antique Julia Charlott Fireworks at Ikenohata captures a

Fireworks at Ikenohata captures a Meiji-era Tokyo night in a burst of light and spectacle

faceted strokes

The composition is elegantly symmetrical

It is a study in structure as much as in botany

The overall effect is of a botanical world fully realised — decorative in the best sense

Olive Tree Antique Julia Charlott Fireworks at Ikenohata captures aOlive Tree Antique reproduces a richly detailed botanical plate from the tradition of 18th and 19th century scientific illustration. The composition is organised around a central branch, rendered with methodical precision textured bark, the elliptical lance of the leaves, and the clustered drupe fruit shown in progressive stages of ripeness. The colouring is naturalistic and restrained, grounded in the visual conventions of European botanical