Ohara Koson, "Monkey in persimmon tree" och "Wild Goose in snow".
Two woodblock prints. Signed "Koson". Image areas 34 x 18.5 cm. Frames 36 x 20.5 cm.
Not examined out of frames. Some yellowing.
Herrhamra Manor, Torö.
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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