Bairei [Kōno Naotoyo] (1844-95)
楳嶺 [幸野直豊]

“Snipe in River beneath Autumn Grasses in Moonlight” 1894
月下秋草河鴫図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
143.0 x 65.0 cm. (56 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Bairei Hō.”

Artist’s seals:
Konō Naotoyo; Bairei

Box inscription by Bairei:
“During the twelfth month of the year 1894 during the Meiji era, painted on the bank of the Sanju River at Seika-zenshitsu by Omu-inshi.”