Japanese Grosbeak and Wild Rose

Medium: woodcut

Artist: Kono Bairei

Engraver: kono Bairei

Dated: C. 1881

Image Dimensions: 6¼" x 8¾"

Price: £65.00

Japanese woodcut from the acclaimed series Bairei hyakuchō gafu (Bairei’s Picture Album of One Hundred Birds) which is a renowned three-volume set of kachō-ga (bird-and-flower) woodblock-printed books by Japanese artist Kōno Bairei (1844–1895), published between 1881 and 1884. These Meiji-period works feature delicate, stylized illustrations of birds, often paired with flora across seasons, utilizing subtle colour palettes.

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