Ohara Koson (1877-1945) | Eight woodblock prints depicting birds and flowers | Taisho period, early 20th century

Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Nine woodblock prints depicting birds and flowers

Taisho period, early 20th century

each a woodblock print, signed and sealed Koson, and comprising:

- Two long-tailed pheasants in snow, circa 1900s-20s

- Two red-capped cranes by the sea at sunrise, circa 1910

- Cormorant on a rocky outcrop by the sea, circa 1910

- Two red-capped cranes, embellished with silver mica, circa 1910

- Crow on snow-covered willow branch, circa 1910

- Autumn grasses, bellflowers and full moon, unsigned, circa 1910

- Narcissus flycatcher on flowering branch, circa 1910

- Egret in rain, hand-applied with gofun, circa 1900s-10s

34.7 x 18.7 cm., 13⅝ x 11⅜ in. (the first)

23.5 x 24.2 cm., 9¼ x 9½ in. (the second)

44 x 27 cm., 17¼ x 10⅝ in. (the third)

34.3 x 18.7 cm., 13½ x 7⅜ in. (the fourth)

35.5 x 19.1 cm., 14 x 7½ in. (the fifth)

36 x 19.1 cm., 14⅛ x 7½ in. (the sixth)

15.9 x 19 cm., 6¼ x 7½ in. (the seventh)

33.4 x 18.3 cm., 13⅛ x 7⅛ in. (the eighth)