Kōno Bairei

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kōno.

Kōno Bairei
Born	(1844-03-03)March 3, 1844 Kyoto, Japan
Died	February 20, 1895(1895-02-20) (aged 50)
Occupation	Japanese painter

Kōno Bairei (幸野 楳嶺, March 3, 1844 – February 20, 1895) 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

1. Answers.com
2. Bairei Kono-The Japanese Master-幸野楳嶺-日本繪畫大師與作品 Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
3. Bairei Kono-The Japanese Master-幸野楳嶺-日本繪畫大師與作品 Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
4. Answers.com
5. Kono, Bairei (1881). "Bairei hyakucho gafu 1". Okura Magobei. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
6. Kono, Bairei (1881). "Bairei hyakucho gafu 2". Okura Magobei. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
7. Kono, Bairei (1881). "Bairei hyakucho gafu 3". Okura Magobei. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
8. "Kono Bairei Biography". Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
9. Bairei Hyakucho Gafu