Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.28 by Kono Bairei Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) Hasui's delicate ink gradients and

Hasui's delicate ink gradients and fine linework are reproduced with full fidelity — the kind of tonal precision that the original woodblock demanded and that only a true fine art print can honour

yet full of incidental humanity

and the effortless allure that made the French Riviera a symbol of escape

Sofia Doudine's graphic illustration style is defined by saturated colour

Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.28 by Kono Bairei Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) Hasui's delicate ink gradients andPlate 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