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OHARA KOSON: TWO WILD GEESE FLYING OVER SNOWY LANDSCAPE OHARA KOSON: TWO WILD GEESE FLYING OVER SNOWY LANDSCAPE By Ohara Koson (1877-1945), signed Koson with seal Koson Japan, early 20 th century Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical o-tanzaku. Signed Koson with seal Koson; publisher Daikokuya. Titled Two Wild Geese Flying over Snowy Landscape. Two white-fronted geese in flight in a snow-covered landscape. Stalks of Bamboo frame the design on the left, imparting a sense of depth. The white-fronted Goose was among Koson's favorite subject for prints. Image SIZE 36 x 19 cm, SIZE incl. frame 48.6 x 32.8 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and slight browning of paper. Good impression and colors. Trimmed margins and minor creasing to the bottom-left corner. Mounted on a paper with tape to the top, behind a passepartout. 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 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number RES.51.138.

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OHARA KOSON: TWO WILD GEESE FLYING OVER SNOWY LANDSCAPE OHARA KOSON: TWO WILD GEESE FLYING OVER SNOWY LANDSCAPE By Ohara Koson (1877-1945), signed Koson with seal Koson Japan, early 20 th century Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical o-tanzaku. Signed Koson with seal Koson; publisher Daikokuya. Titled Two Wild Geese Flying over Snowy Landscape. Two white-fronted geese in flight in a snow-covered landscape. Stalks of Bamboo frame the design on the left, imparting a sense of depth. The white-fronted Goose was among Koson's favorite subject for prints. Image SIZE 36 x 19 cm, SIZE incl. frame 48.6 x 32.8 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and slight browning of paper. Good impression and colors. Trimmed margins and minor creasing to the bottom-left corner. Mounted on a paper with tape to the top, behind a passepartout. 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 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number RES.51.138.

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