Ohara Shoson (Koson)
Title: Crow on a Snow Covered Branch
Date: 1910s ~ 1920s
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Size: 11.25 x 5.5 inches.
Reference: Newland, Amy R."Crows, cranes & camellias" p. 196.

A rare creped woodblock print by Koson. Creping was popular in the early 20th century due to superior durability.
Condition: Unframed. Excellent. This print appears to be as fresh as the day it was made. It is an absolute knockout...

Artist: Ohara Koson (signature and seal)
Title: Monkey Reaching for the Moon
Date: 1910-1923
Publisher: Daikokuya

Size: 14.75 x 7.5 inches
Condition: Unframed. Very good. Fresh image with excellent color, impression and bleedthrough. Light crease at top margin. Very light surface wear in upper right corner.
- This extremely appealing image is pre-earthquake. The margins are exactly as issued. The white kento marks at the right and bottom are also exactly right...

Ohara Shoson (Koson)
Title: Moorhens and Iris
Date: 1910s ~ 1920s
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Size: 11.75 x 5.5 inches.
Reference: "Crow, Cranes, and Camellias" pl. #S-23.1;Newland, Amy R."
A rare creped woodblock print by Koson. Creping was popular in the early 20th century due to superior durability.
Condition: Unframed. Excellent. This print, like Crow on a Snow Covered Branch (Ohara 017), appears to be as fresh as the day it was made...

Ohara Shoson (Koson) (1877~1945)
Rabbits under bush clover and full moon, 1931.
First edition with Watanabe C seal (sausage seal).
Oban. 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Gauffrage embossing employed on rabbits.
Condition: Very good. Slight fading. Small pencil marks near bottom...

Ohara Shoson (Koson) (1877~1945)
Mallards in coastal scene, 1931.
First edition with Watanabe D seal.
Oban. Approximately 15.0 x 10.0 inches.
Condition: Very good. Notch in margin. Back margin adhesive spots as shown.
Illustrated as S.72 on pagew 146 and 205 of "Crows, Cranes and Camellias: the natural world of Ohara Koson" - "This is one of the few dated designs of the artist's work...

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Two bullfinches on a twig of a flowering plum tree
Date: 1931, rare first edition bearing Watanabe "B" seal, which was only used from 1927-1932.
Size: Oban, 15.25 x 10.25 inches
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo [seal]
Illustrated as S9.1 on page 205 of "Crows, Cranes & Camellias: the natural world of Ohara Koson."
Condition: Lightly toned. The small dimple at upper right has pinhole visible when held in front of light...

Ohara Shoson (Koson) (1877-1945)
Mallards in Flight, 1930s
Size: Otanzaku. Approximately 15.0 x 6.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Appears in "Crows, Cranes and Camellias," by Newland.
Condition: Unframed. Very good. Pinhole lower left corner at margin...

Ohara Koson (Shoson) (1877-1945)
Roaring Tiger Near Rocks
An early twentieth century, pre-earthquake print.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 13.5 x 7.25 inches.
K-41.7 in Newland "Crows, Cranes and Camellias"
Condition: Matte line at edge...

Ohara Shoson (Koson)
Magnolia and black-winged magpie
Date: 1931
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo...

Artist: Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Title: Two Mallards
Date: Pre-1936
Size: approximately 9.75 x 3.75 inches
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, plate 147 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson
Condition: Pristine.
- Rare. Excellent color....

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Eagle on a bough in autumn rain
Date: Pre-1936
Size: approximately 9.75 x 3.75 inches
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, #456 in 1936 catalogue. Illustrated as S13.1 on page 206 of "Crows, Cranes and Camellias: the natural world of Ohara Koson."
Condition: Pristine.
- This magnificent eagle is very hard to find. ...

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Gallinule in reed marsh
Date: 1900s ~ 1910s
Size: Shikishiban, approximately 10 x 9.5 inches
Publisher: Daikokuya. Bears the Koson signature.
- Illustrated as K.23.4 on page 189 of "Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson" (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Unframed. Near excellent....

Ohara Koson (Shoson)(1877-1945)
Bantam Chickens, 1934
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 15.0 x 16.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
No. 38.3 on p. 200 of the reference, "Crows, Cranes and Camellias" by Amy Reigle Newland.
Condition: Matte lines. Strong color. ...

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Sparrows on a snow-covered nandin bush
Pre-1936
Size: approximately 9.75 x 3.75 inches
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Illustrated as AS.20 on page 217 of "Crows, Cranes & Camellias: the natural world of Ohara Koson."
Condition: Excellent
- This snow scene makes good use of the tanzaku format. ...

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Title: Two Geese and the Moon
Date: Early 20th century
Size: Shikishiban, approximately 10 x 9.5 inches Publisher: Daikokuya
- Koson signature. "Made in Japan" seal on verso. Appears in "Crows, Cranes and Camellias" on page 174 and in Andacht on page 49.
Condition: Unframed. Very good. Discolored area toward the bottom.
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