Ohara Koson, "Lapwing behind reeds".

Woodblock print. Total measurement including the frame 35.5 x 20.5 cm.

Not examined out of frame. Small stain at the bottom of the print.

Provenance

Purchased in Japan in the mid-20th century.

More about Ohara Koson

Ohara Koson (also Ohara Hōson, Ohara Shōson) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, at the forefront of shinsaku-hanga and shin-hanga art movements. Ohara Koson was famous as a master of kachō-e (bird-and-flower) designs. Throughout a prolific career, in which he created around 500 prints, he went by three different titles: Ohara Hōson (小原豊邨), Ohara Shōson (小原祥邨) and Ohara Koson.

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