[Bairei, Kono], 1844-1893 :[Plates from Bairei hyaku-cho gafu, Bairei's drawing book of one hundred birds, 1881. After 1881]

Date
1880 - 1920
By
Bairei, Kono, 1844-1893; Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936
Reference
E-896-q
Description

Coloured prints of sketches with Japanese titles, showing birds in settings of flowers and trees. Birds include: sparrows, cockerels, ducks, parrots, grouse, falcons, peacock, egret, finches, jay, buntings, dove, owl, pheasant, cranes and other species.

Other notes: the kind of volume published as an examplary model for amateur painters and draughtsmen

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Woodblock prints in album, each page 355 x 245 mm.

Processing information: Until 2008 shelved in G Collection at q 761 JAP.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Works of art, Woodblock prints, Scientific illustrations, Woodblock prints in album, each page 355 x 245 mm., Orientation: Vertical image, Binding: Paper wraps, Japanese stitched binding.
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