About This Print
Two mythical phoenixes in flight with Mt. Fuji in background. The first plate in the first volume of Bairei Hyakuchō Gafu, Zokuhen (Bairei's Picture Album of One Hundred Birds, Continuing).
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #504 |
| Title/Description | Phoenixes from Bairei Hyakuchō Gafu, Zokuhen ten (Bairei's Picture Album of One Hundred Birds, Continuing, Sky [vol. 1]) 鳳凰 (フジサン) 楳嶺百鳥畫譜 續編 天 |
| Artist | Kōno Bairei (1844-1895) |
| Signature | unsigned |
| Seal |  |
| Publication Date | 1884 |
| Edition | likely original edition |
| Publisher | Ōkura Magobei 大倉孫兵衛 (Kin'eido; 1843-1921) [Marks: pub. ref. 627] |
| Printer | |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - remnants from previous mounting |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | kachō-ga from gafu |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 9 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. (24.8 x 16.2 cm) |
| H x W Image | 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (21 x 14.9 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries Identifier JIB4_1_005 (holding is all three volumes of Barei Hyakuchō Gafu, Zokuhen); National Library of Australia JAP 721.9 B14 (holding is all three volumes of Barei Hyakuchō Gafu, Zokuhen); Smithsonian Libraries Freer Sackler Muller Collection ND1059.K6865 A6151 1884; The British Museum 1950,1014,0.6.1-3 (holding is all three volumes of Barei Hyakuchō Gafu, Zokuhen) |
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