Imao Keinen, Brown-Eared Bulbul, 1892, Print

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A wonderful large woodblock print from 1892 by imao keinen (今尾 景年), representing a brown-eared bulbul (ヒヨドリ) among nandina domestica, … Read more A wonderful large woodblock print from 1892 by imao keinen (今尾 景年), representing a brown-eared bulbul (ヒヨドリ) among nandina domestica, aka sacred bamboo plant (ナンテン)

from the album "keinen kachō gafu" (景年花鳥畫譜) volume 4, winter, plate 31

one of the most beautiful plates of the entire collection!

the same print is also in the collection of the british museum, see:
japanese illustrated book number: jib.688.

on show at minnesota maritime museum


and in collections of brooklyn museum, ny.


year: 1892 (meiji 25)
size: 365 x 255 mm

colour woodcut on mulberry paper

very good condition, full artwork, no trimming/cropping (the small holes on the margins are due to the binding and mandatory in this edition)
beautiful colours

see pulverer collection, smithsonian institution (same first edition with japanese numbers, very rare, for internal market - another more common and less exotic edition with roman number has been published the same year for export)

the listing is for the original print only. The japanese colophon is shown as a proof of the 1892 edition.
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the artist imao keinen and his famous album of birds (keinen kachō gafu)

imao keinen (1845 - 1924) was born in kyoto, japan. He studied classical japanese painting, calligraphy, and printmaking. He spent most of his life creating works of art that celebrated the beauty and diversity of the natural world. Keinen specialized in kachō-e, highly detailed depictions of birds among native japanese plants and flowers. this piece has an attribution mark,
i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
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