Albert Tissandier (1839–1906) A Famous Tree in Japan: The Old Karasaki Pine, 1890 Graphite pencil enhanced with white gouache. Signed and dated lower left. 26.5 x 36.6 cm This drawing was published in the scientific journal *La Nature* (second half of 1891, No. 956) to illustrate the article titled “A Famous Tree in Japan: The Old Karasaki Pine.” As indicated by the accompanying annotations—“The 1,100-year-old Totsoumatsou pine (a term referring to a sacred pine), located on the shore of Lake Biwa near the city of Otsu—Omi Province — Japan,” and on the reverse, “The Old Karasaki Pine near Otsu, September 28, 90,” the work depicts one of the most famous and sacred trees of Meiji-era Japan, the Karasaki no matsu.