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

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 grey starling (Mukudori) — one bird calling among the reeds, the other a lively pair perched in the undergrowth.

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.