WHITE HERONS IN FALLING SNOW
Artist: Ohara Shoson (1877-1945)
Circa: 1927, later edition
Size: Oban 9.25" x 14.25"
Condition: Pristine condition, never framed, no toning, full margins, gauffrage on the birds feathers, 7mm Watanabe publishers seal, later lifetime edition, original blocks.
Circa: 1927, later edition
Size: Oban 9.25" x 14.25"
Condition: Pristine condition, never framed, no toning, full margins, gauffrage on the birds feathers, 7mm Watanabe publishers seal, later lifetime edition, original blocks.
Description: Wonderful composition of five white herons in the falling snow. One of the most favorite Kacho-e (birds and flowers) prints of Shoson, considered by many to be the foremost 20th century designer of bird and flower prints. Published by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1927.
Ohara Shoson was born in Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture in the North of Japan with the given name Ohara Matao. He took the name Koson while studying Shijo school painting with the artist Susuki Kason and later (1912) changed his artist's to Shoson. The shin hanga publisher, Watanabe Shozaburo, reopened in 1924 after the catastrophic 1923 earthquake and recruited several of Japan's most accomplished artists, including Shoson, to help rebuild his print business. Watanabe began publishing Shoson's designs in 1926. Ohara Shoson is truly the uncontested master of kacho-e images.
Japanese Wood Block Prints: Shoson, Ohara: WHITE HERONS IN FALLING SNOW
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