Herons in Reeds
Artist: Ohara Shoson (Japanese, 1877-1945)
Date: 1926
Dimensions:
overall: 15 x 10 1/8 in. (38.1 x 25.7 cm)
image: 14 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. (36.2 x 23.8 cm)
Medium: color woodblock print
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Hubert D. Bennett
Object number: 1939.258
Label Text:Ohara Koson was a master of the kachoga print—images of the natural world, but particularly of birds and flowers. Over his career he produced more than 450 designs of birds. Typically his images were not of exotic species, but of birds that were commonly seen in Japan, like the Northern Goshawk of this print, a wide-ranging species that occurs across Northern Europe, Asia, and the United States. Koson’s aim was to balance a naturalistic portrayal of his subjects with a decorative sensibility—and a desire to convey the spirit of the birds he depicted.
Born Ohara Matao, he took Koson as his artist name, but used the name Shoson for the prints he produced for publisher Watanabe Shozaburo beginning around 1926.
Born Ohara Matao, he took Koson as his artist name, but used the name Shoson for the prints he produced for publisher Watanabe Shozaburo beginning around 1926.
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