Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
A tit sitting on a branch of a flowering white magnolia.
Seal: Koson
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya)
Date: c. 1900-20
Size: Ôtanzaku (Mitsugiriban), 36,3 x 18,9 cm (overall)
Fine impression, colour and condition, with distinct woodgrain. An excellent early impression in a rarer colour variant with blue background (more often grey).
Ill.: Reigle Newland/Perrée/Schaap, Crows, Cranes and Camellias, The natural world of Ohara Koson 1877-1945, Leiden/Boston 2010, K 29.11; not Freer Sackler and Rijksmuseum?
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