Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.25 by Kono Bairei Illustration In this piece

In this piece

Odilon Redon's large vase composition overflows with blooms rendered in his signature Symbolist palette — jewel-toned roses

indeterminate background

and quietly authoritative

and rhythm

Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.25 by Kono Bairei Illustration In this piecePlate 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