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Kōno Bairei Canary Prints – Set of 2 | 1881 Japanese Woodblock Bird Art
Two framed Japanese-style art prints hang on a beige wall above a wooden console table. The left print shows a bird perched on a flowering tree, and the right print shows a butterfly near flowers.
A framed pair of Japanese woodblock prints hanging on a beige wall above a wooden console table. The left print shows a bird perched on a flowering branch, and the right print shows a flying bird.

Kōno Bairei Canary Prints – Set of 2 | 1881 Japanese Woodblock Bird Art

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You're looking at a beautiful pair of Japanese woodblock prints from our
collection of original 1881 works by the noted artist Kōno Bairei, created for
one of his best-known publications, 'One Hundred Birds'. This set of two
features his studies of the canary (kanariya) — one print showing a bird
perched among peony blossoms beside a weathered rock, the other the same bird
in flight beneath a spray of peonies above the water's edge.

Most of the bird species throughout this collection were native to Japan, with a
few domesticated and some imported cage birds.

Bairei was born and lived in Kyoto. He was apprenticed to the Maruyama printer
Nakajima Raishō at the age of eight. He was a pupil of the Shijō artist Shiokawa
Bunrin and followed the Nanga school tradition. He established the Kyoto
Prefectural School of Painting before opening his own studio to students and
retiring from teaching.

Sizes: 12" x 18", 16" x 24", 20" x 30", 24" x 36"

Our posters are produced using the Giclée printing technique; Giclée prints are
made using pigment-based inks. They have the sharpest detail and highest
resolution, displaying a full-color spectrum. Giclées capture every shade of an
original work.

Shipping: To reduce excess waste and unnecessary travel; All of our prints are printed on demand in different locations around the world through our wonderful partners, Printful. They have been trusted to produce over 40 million products since 2013, and have refined every step of the process. 

Quality: All of the images in our collection are part of our private library of antique books and ephemera. We document them digitally using one of the best commercial scanners available. Every detail is captured at the higest resolutuon and enhanced through our gentle restoration process.

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