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ANTIQUE Original Kono Bairei Wood block Japanese Print 1881 Birds

Pheasant Pair on a Rocky Slope with Flowering Branches – Restrained Japanese Woodblock Style, Gray and Ochre Tones


Two pheasants rest on a grassy, rocky slope beside blooming branches, rendered in a Japanese woodblock style with ink outlines and flat gray, black, and ochre washes. A wide margin, vertical inscription, and red seal sit within a thin rectangular border, leaving ample negative space.

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  • Resolution: 5653 x 7787 300dpi
  • Year of Print: 1881
  • Artist: Kono Bairei
  • asymmetrical composition
  • Bird
  • black outlines
  • Blossom
  • Border
  • border frame
  • botanical detail
  • brushwork
  • cream paper
  • feather
  • flora and fauna
  • Flower
  • flowering branches
  • grassy slope
  • gray tones
  • Hillside
  • Ink
  • ink wash
  • Japanese
  • japanese woodblock
  • kanji
  • limited palette
  • line work
  • Long Tail
  • muted colors
  • negative space
  • ochre accents
  • perched bird.
  • Pheasant
  • pheasant pair
  • plumage
  • red
  • red seal
  • rocky slope
  • Seal
  • shrub
  • sparse background
  • vertical
  • vertical inscription
  • woodblock style

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