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OHARA KOSON: MONKEY ON A TREE BRANCH OHARA KOSON: MONKEY ON A TREE BRANCH By Ohara Koson (1877-1945), signed Koson with seal Koson Japan, early 20 th century Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical shikishiban. Signed Koson with seal Koson. Titled Monkey on a Tree Branch. A crouching monkey on a gnarled branch with a sincere expression, looking in the distance, surrounded by overhanging catkins. Image SIZE 23 x 24 cm, SIZE incl. mounting 36.5 x 34.7 cm Condition: Good condition with wear and slight browning of paper. Soiling, minor creasing, and smudging. Firmly mounted to a passepartout, the passepartout with stains, water marks, and tiny losses. Ohara Koson (1877-1945) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga (“new prints”) movement. He is famous as a master of kacho-e (bird-and-flower) designs. Throughout a prolific career, in which he created around 500 prints, he went by three different titles: Ohara Hoson, Ohara Shoson, and Ohara Koson. Museum comparison: A closely related print, with similar seals, is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, object number RP-P-1999-442.

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OHARA KOSON: MONKEY ON A TREE BRANCH OHARA KOSON: MONKEY ON A TREE BRANCH By Ohara Koson (1877-1945), signed Koson with seal Koson Japan, early 20 th century Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical shikishiban. Signed Koson with seal Koson. Titled Monkey on a Tree Branch. A crouching monkey on a gnarled branch with a sincere expression, looking in the distance, surrounded by overhanging catkins. Image SIZE 23 x 24 cm, SIZE incl. mounting 36.5 x 34.7 cm Condition: Good condition with wear and slight browning of paper. Soiling, minor creasing, and smudging. Firmly mounted to a passepartout, the passepartout with stains, water marks, and tiny losses. Ohara Koson (1877-1945) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga (“new prints”) movement. He is famous as a master of kacho-e (bird-and-flower) designs. Throughout a prolific career, in which he created around 500 prints, he went by three different titles: Ohara Hoson, Ohara Shoson, and Ohara Koson. Museum comparison: A closely related print, with similar seals, is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, object number RP-P-1999-442.

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