Ohara Koson (小原古邨) / Shōson (祥邨) (artist 1877 – 1945)
Two little egrets flying in heavy rain
ca 1908
7.25 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed: Koson (古邨)
Seal: Koson
Publisher: Kokkeidō (Akiyama Buemon)
National Museum of Asian Art The title given by the National Museum of Asian Art for this print is Herons in flight in rain. It comes from the Muller collection.
Illustrated and listed in Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945, p. 177.
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There is a later edition of almost exactly this same design, but it is signed Shoson, was published by Watanabe and dates from ca. 1930.
Akiyama Buemon (秋山武右衛門) (publisher)
modern prints (shin hanga - 新版画) (genre)
kachō-e (bird and flower picture - 花鳥絵) (genre)