Name: Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
Brand: EIGHT WOODBLOCK PRINTS DEPICTING BIRDS, FLOWERS AND FISH
Price: 4500.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
Eight woodblock prints depicting birds, flowers and fish
Each published by Watanabe Shozaburo:
1. Scops Owl, Cherry Blossoms, and Moon, signed and sealed Shoson, 1926
2. Two Egrets and Crescent Moon, signed and sealed Shoson, 1926
3. Two Parrots, signed and sealed Shoson, 1928
4. Plumed cockscomb flowers, signed and sealed Shoson, 1932
5. Two Goldfish, signed and sealed Shoson, 1926
6. Hawk on Snow-covered Branch, signed and sealed Shoson, 1926
7. Wild Ducks and Pampas Grass, signed and sealed Shoson, 1931
8. Two Mandarin Ducks in Snow, signed and sealed Shoson, 1935
All vertical oban:
Each sheet approx. 38.8 x 26.2cm.

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For another impression of the first (Scops Owl, Cherry Blossoms, and Moon) in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 50.1640, go to: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/scops-owl-cherry-blossoms-and-moon-254587

Another impression of the second is also in the collection of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (M00096-032), go to: http://search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/records.php?sakuhin=3392

For another impression of the fifth (Two Goldfish) in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 50.272, go to: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/two-goldfish-254012

Another impression of the sixth (Hawk on Snow-covered Branch) is also in the collection of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (M00096-018), go to: http://search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/records.php?sakuhin=3378

For another impression of the seventh (Wild Ducks and Pampas Grass) in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 47.114, go to: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/wild-ducks-and-pampas-grass-252301

Another impression of the eighth is in the collections of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (M00096-008), go to: http://search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/records.php?sakuhin=3368