These drawings, a selection from an ongoing series, were
made with ink and a piece of the tree being drawn. They also
incorporate, when chance allowed, passing spring showers.

The maples were drawn with a four-foot switch pruned from one
of the low sweeping branches. The kusunoki (camphor tree) and
keyaki (Japanese elm) were drawn with three-foot twigs found shed
around the base of the trees. The other drawings were made in a similar
fashion.