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In this Japanese name, the surname is Kōno.
Kōno Bairei
Born(1844-03-03)March 3, 1844
Kyoto, Japan
DiedFebruary 20, 1895(1895-02-20) (aged 50)
OccupationJapanese painter

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

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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Notes

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  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


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