Ohara Koson, "Bird perched on a magnolia branch".

Woodblock print. Small bird sitting on a flowering magnolia branch. Red seal "Koson". Sheet size 34.2 x 18.6 cm.

Not framed. Yellowed. White areas possibly coloured later. Stains.

Provenance

Herrhamra Manor, Torö.

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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