Kōno Bairei Explained

Kōno Bairei
Birth Date:	3 March 1844
Birth Place:	Kyoto, Japan
Occupation:	Japanese painter

was a Japanese painter, book illustrator, and art teacher.^[1] He was born (as Yasuda Bairei) and lived in Kyoto.^[2] He was a member of the broad Maruyama-Shijo school and was a master of kacho-e painting (depictions of birds and flowers) in the Meiji period of Japan.^[3]

Biography

In 1852, he went to study with the Maruyama-school painter, Nakajima Raisho (1796–1871). After Raisho's death, Bairei studied with the Shijo-school master Shiokawa Bunrin (1808–77).^[4]

His work included flower prints, bird prints^{[5] [6] [7]}, and landscapes, with a touch of western realism.^[8] Bairei's Album of One Hundred Birds^[9] was published in 1881.

He opened an art school in 1880 and his students included Takeuchi Seihō, Kawai Gyokudō, and Uemura Shōen.

External links

• The Lavenberg Collection - Kōno Bairei
• Brooklyn Museum - Owls On Tree Limb

Notes and References

1. http://www.answers.com/topic/kono-bairei-1 Answers.com
2. http://www.lingnanart.com/J-master/J_master_BaireiKono_eng.htm Bairei Kono-The Japanese Master-幸野楳嶺-日本繪畫大師與作品
3. http://www.lingnanart.com/J-master/J_master_BaireiKono_eng.htm Bairei Kono-The Japanese Master-幸野楳嶺-日本繪畫大師與作品
4. http://www.answers.com/topic/kono-bairei-1 Answers.com
5. Web site: Bairei hyakucho gafu 1. Kono. Bairei. 1881. Okura Magobei. 2018-08-06.
6. Web site: Bairei hyakucho gafu 2. Kono. Bairei. 1881. Okura Magobei. 2018-08-06.
7. Web site: Bairei hyakucho gafu 3. Kono. Bairei. 1881. Okura Magobei. 2018-08-06.
8. Web site: Kono Bairei Biography . 2009-12-08 . 2012-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219152952/http://www.castlefinearts.com/Japanese_fine_arts_woodblock_prints/Kono_Bairei_Biography.aspx . dead .
9. http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/meiji/bairei_1881.shtml Bairei Hyakucho Gafu