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Kono Bairei [Shijun]
(b Kyoto, 3 March 1844; d Kyoto, 20 February 1895). Japanese painter, book illustrator and art educator. Born the fourth son of Yasuda Shirobei, a Kyoto moneylender, the young Bairei was adopted into the Kono family. In 1852 he began his artistic training under the Maruyama-school painter, Nakajima Raisho (1796–1871). After Raisho’s death, Bairei studied with the Shijo-school master Shiokawa Bunrin (1808–77). He also studied Chinese literature and calligraphy with Confucian scholars. In 1873 his talent was officially recognized when he was included among the painters selected to show at the second Kyoto Exhibition.
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