Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.28 by Kono Bairei zombie biological diagram

biological diagram

graphic enough to be genuinely striking on a wall

and about the quiet pleasure of things that are simply clean and warm

The light is diffuse and cold

and faithful to Hirokage's draughtsmanship

Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.28 by Kono Bairei zombie biological diagramPlate 28 features one of the more contemplative studies in the Hundred Birds series: a single bird in a settled, upright pose, its body occupying the left centre of the composition with the surrounding ground left open and unadorned. Bairei's brushwork here is particularly spare the plumage rendered in broad, unhurried strokes rather than accumulated detail, the eye indicated with a single dark point. The restraint is deliberate, placing quiet