Top Quality Art - Moon and Owl

by Ohara Koson

Title

Top Quality Art - Moon and Owl

Artist

Ohara Koson

Medium

Painting - Woodprint

Description

【OHARA KOSON】
「Moon and Owl」
（Top Quality Image Edition）

『月にミミズク』 （1900）【最高画質版】


【Ohara Koson】
(小原 古邨, Kanazawa 1877 – Tokyo 1945) was a Japanese painter and print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.

He was born Ohara Matao; it is thought that he started training in painting and design at the Ishikawa Prefecture Technical School in 1889–1893. He also studied painting with Suzuki Kason (1860–1919), although accounts differ on whether this happened during his school years or after he moved to Tokyo in the middle to late 1890s.

In Tokyo, he produced some ukiyo-e triptychs illustrating episodes of the Russo-Japanese War, but most of his production was prints of birds-and-flowers (kachō-e). He worked at first with publishers Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeidō) and Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya), signing his work Koson. Starting around 1926, he became associated with the publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō, and signed his work Shōson. He also worked with the publisher Kawaguchi, signing his works Hōson.

Through his association with Watanabe, Ohara's work was exhibited abroad, and his prints sold well, particularly in the United States. He was active designing prints until at least 1935, and died at his home in Tokyo in 1945.


【小原 古邨】
（おはら こそん、明治10年（1877年）2月9日-昭和20年（1945年））は、明治時代から昭和時代にかけての日本画家、浮世絵師、版画家。
版画の作品数は、およそ550件。古邨による版画は写生に基づいた写実的な作品で、海外において特に高い評価を得ており、平成13年（2001年）にはアムステルダム国立美術館において、日本人作家として初めてとなる大規模な回顧展（パート1、2001年3月31日～5月13日、パート2、5月16日～7月1日）が開催され、同館所蔵の小原古邨による日本画及び木版画180点が展覧された。古邨の作品は欧米の美術館やコレクターによって多数、所蔵されている。

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August 4th, 2018

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