Kōno Bairei
Kōno Bairei was a Japanese painter, book illustrator, and art teacher. He was born (as Yasuda Bairei) and lived in Kyoto. 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.
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Kōno Bairei

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- Name
- Kōno Bairei
- Born
- 3 March 1844
- Birthplace
- Kyoto, Japan
- Died
- 20 February 1895
- Occupation
- Japanese painter
- Nationality
- Japan
- Fields
- visual arts
- Movements
- ukiyo-e · Nihonga
- Teachers
- Nakajima Raishō · Shiokawa Bunrin · Kōyama Hōyō · Kōseki Nakanishi
- Languages
- Japanese
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Kōno Bairei, pittore, “educators” e “illustrators”, nacque il 20 aprile 1844 a Kyōto e morì il 2 febbraio 1895.
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Training under Nakajima Raishō, Shiokawa Bunrin and Kōyama Hōyō is recorded. Hobun Kikuchi, Kōkyō Taniguchi and Takeuchi Seihō are recorded as having studied under Kōno Bairei. The recorded working language is Japanese. The field of work recorded is visual arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are bird-and-flower. Places of work recorded in the authority are Kansai region. Employment is recorded with Kyoto City University of Arts. Positions recorded include Imperial Household Artist. Work by Kōno Bairei is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Diet Library, Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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• Name — Kōno Bairei • Born — 3 March 1844 • Birthplace — Kyoto, Japan • Died — 20 February 1895 • Occupation — Japanese painter
Biography
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). His work included flower prints, bird prints, and landscapes, with a touch of western realism. Bairei's Album of One Hundred Birds was published in 1881. He opened an art school in 1880 and his students included Takeuchi Seihō, Kawai Gyokudō, and Uemura Shōen.
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- 1.Answers.com
- 2.Bairei Kono-The Japanese Master-幸野楳嶺-日本繪畫大師與作品
- 3.Bairei Kono-The Japanese Master-幸野楳嶺-日本繪畫大師與作品
- 4.Answers.com
- 5.Kono, Bairei. Bairei hyakucho gafu 1. Okura Magobei. 1881.
- 6.Kono, Bairei. Bairei hyakucho gafu 2. Okura Magobei. 1881.
- 7.Kono, Bairei. Bairei hyakucho gafu 3. Okura Magobei. 1881.
- 8.Kono Bairei Biography.
- 9.Bairei Hyakucho Gafu
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