Ohara Koson, 'Copper Pheasant Perching on Branch'.

Woodblock print. Image 34 x 18 cm. Frame 38 x 22 cm.

A bit faded/yellowed.

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The pheasant serves as a divine messenger for the sun god Amaterasu in Shinto mythology.

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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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