Tea Plant Blossoms (Camellia sinensis) and White-cheeked Starling, from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers

Kono Bairei

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Kono Bairei (Japanese, 1844–1895). Tea Plant Blossoms (Camellia sinensis) and White-cheeked Starling, from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers, 1883. Color woodblock print on paper, Other: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace, 2007.32.29. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Tea Plant Blossoms (Camellia sinensis) and White-cheeked Starling, from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers

Date

1883

Period

Meiji Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Color woodblock print on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Other: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm)

Signatures

Bairei (楳嶺)

Markings

Publisher: Ōkura Magobei

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace

Accession Number

2007.32.29

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