Bairei Picture Album of One Hundred Birds (Bairei hyakuchō gafu 楳嶺百鳥畫譜) : [volume 1]

Kōno, Bairei, 1844-1895 · 1881 · Tokyo : Ōkura Magobei 大倉孫兵衛 · 8 pictures

Bairei Picture Album of One Hundred Birds is a Japanese illustrated volume of bird and flower studies by Kōno Bairei, published in Tokyo in 1881 by Ōkura Magobei for artists and collectors. Its pages show birds in ink outline with soft colour washes, perched among blossoms, leaves and rocks, with plain cream paper and red seal stamps left open around the subjects, giving a designer a clear model for economical line drawing and natural composition.

Birds in art · Plants in art · Flowers in art

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