Flying Eagle

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Flying Eagle

Artist Ohara Shoson (Japanese, 1877-1945)

Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962)

DatePublished in 1933

Dimensionsoverall: 15 1/4 x 10 5/16 in. (38.7 x 26.2 cm)
image: 14 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. (36.2 x 23.8 cm)

Mediumcolor woodblock print

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Hubert D. Bennett

Object number

1939.458

Not on View

Label TextResident of mountainous regions, the Golden Eagle is endangered in Japan. Koson suggests the formidable power and hunting prowess of this magnificent bird as it turns in mid-air, perhaps having spotted suitable prey on the snowy ground below.Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Modern Japanese Prints: Woodblock Prints by Ten Artists, The Work of the Past Five Years, January 1936, repr. pl. 189.

Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, For the Birds, April 13-October 14, 2012.