Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.25 by Kono Bairei pis-scale The composition draws on his

The composition draws on his Devon landscape sensibility

while Kirchner's dynamic mark-making refuses to let the eye settle

the piece uses colour as both form and emotion

the composition allows each whale to be studied and admired individually while functioning as a unified

the whole composition moving like a slow exhalation

Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.25 by Kono Bairei pis-scale The composition draws on hisPlate 25 from the Hundred Birds album shows a small bird resting among sparse branch work, the scene composed with the deliberate economy that marks Bairei's finest plates. The branch angles upward from the lower frame a structural line that grounds the composition while the bird's gaze directs attention outward, beyond the picture edge. Ink wash moves from near black at the crown through warm mid tones along the back, the gradation handled with the