Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.34 by Kono Bairei Size:M - 50 x 70cm A powerful example of early

A powerful example of early 20th-century Expressionist draughtsmanship

The interplay between flat areas and detailed image content generates a productive tension — the eye moves between reading the work as abstract and reading it as narrative

each ring shifting through warm oranges

Deep burgundy tones anchor the palette

Painted between 1912 and 1913

Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.34 by Kono Bairei Size:M - 50 x 70cm A powerful example of earlyPlate 34 stands apart in the Hundred Birds album for the density of its composition: branch work occupies more of the frame than usual, and the bird is partially obscured by foliage, its form revealed in sections rather than fully exposed. This layering introduces a sense of depth unusual for the series, the subject inhabiting its environment rather than floating before it. Bairei's ink modulation manages the added complexity without losing the