was a Japanese painter, book illustrator, and art teacher.Answers.com He was born (as Yasuda Bairei) and lived in Kyoto.Bairei Kono-The Japanese Master-幸野楳嶺-日本繪畫大師與作品 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.Bairei Kono-The Japanese Master-幸野楳嶺-日本繪畫大師與作品
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).Answers.com
His work included flower prints, bird prints
, and landscapes, with a touch of western realism. Bairei's Album of One Hundred BirdsBairei Hyakucho Gafu 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
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