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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
A monkey swinging from a thin bamboo stem, eyeing an insect flying underneath.
Signature: Koson
Seal: Koson
Publisher: Daikokuya, Tokyo
Date: c. 1910-20
Size: Vertical Ôtanzaku (Mitsugiriban), 34.7 x 19 cm (overall)
Excellent impression and colours. Margins trimmed. Paper only slightly age-toned. A little paper thinning in corners in verso, expertly restored.
One of Koson’s best monkey portraits, rarely seen.
Fig. in Reigle Newland/Perrée/Schaap, Crows, Cranes and Camellias, The natural world of Ohara Koson 1877-1945, Leiden/Boston 2010, p. 201, K 41.27. Cf. also Rijksmuseum Coll., No. RP-P-1999-502.
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