Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.21 by Kono Bairei Warm by Ogawa Kazumasa Gallery Wall There is a joyful looseness

There is a joyful looseness to the forms

Nr 3 feels denser — colour fields overlap and compress

playful pattern work

careful reading

Bairei hyakucho gafu. Ten Pl.21 by Kono Bairei Warm by Ogawa Kazumasa Gallery Wall There is a joyful loosenessPlate 21 presents one of Bairei's more dynamic compositions: a bird in low descent, wings angled, body tilting toward an unseen landing point. The downward diagonal creates movement within a rigidly contained frame, the surrounding emptiness amplifying rather than reducing the sense of motion. Bairei's ink handling is confident the primary forms solid and grounded, secondary details dissolved into suggestion a balance that defines his mature kacho e