Bunrei gafu (文嶺画譜, Bunrei's Painting Manual)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1885
Artist: Maekawa Bunrei (前川文嶺) (Japanese, Shijo School, 1837 - 1917)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 350 × 245 mm (35 × 24.5 cm)
Medium: Woodblock-printed paper
Object number: O.2020.150.M.1-2
DescriptionTwo volumes of Japanese book of flowers & birds.
Maekawa Bunrei (前川文嶺) was a mid-career artist in the Kyoto in the early Meiji period. He was famous for Kacho-ga (花鳥画, flower-and-bird painting). He is a son of famous Shijo School (四条派) painter Maekawa Gorei (前川五嶺).
Maekawa Bunrei (前川文嶺) was a mid-career artist in the Kyoto in the early Meiji period. He was famous for Kacho-ga (花鳥画, flower-and-bird painting). He is a son of famous Shijo School (四条派) painter Maekawa Gorei (前川五嶺).