RO-BIKI NOTE MUSEUM SERIES Chrysanthemums

A thread-bound notebook with a cover made from wax-treated paper (ro-biki). With use, the cover ages like leather, picking up wrinkles and scratches. It’s the same size as an actual passport, so it’s easy to carry and works as a travel companion or an everyday notebook.

About the Museum Series
Part of the “World Museum Tour” theme, a journey of painting around RO-BIKI NOTE. Each notebook is based on a distinctive painting from a museum collection somewhere in the world, so you can take a fun trip around the world through the paintings and the museums that hold them.

About the artwork

• Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), famous for Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, who also painted many flower-and-bird pictures.
• Work: Chrysanthemum and Bee, from an untitled series of Large Flowers.
• Style: Realistic, delicate expression and a beautifully composed layout that leads the eye through the picture. In this work, the petals and leaf veins are rendered in fine detail.

About the collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Founded in 1879, it is counted among the three major art museums in the United States, alongside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It is one of the world’s leading museums, with a collection that covers not only Western art but art from around the world.

Specifications

• Pages: 60
• Size: 88 x 125 mm
• Text paper: 5 mm dot grid, premium writing paper
• Binding: Thread binding with glue hardening