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Two White Cockatoo on Red Bar (variant)
by Shoson Ohara (1877-1945)- Koson

	Artist:	Shoson Ohara (1877-1945)- Koson — 小原祥邨、小原古邨
	Title:	Two White Cockatoo on Red Bar (variant)
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Kawaguchi — 川口
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Kawaguchi — 川口
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	29393
	Notes (first edition)?:	This is the variant strike including the red bar. Two White Cockatoos (in fact, one has yellow highlights and the other has pink highlights). Artist: Koson Format: Oban tate-e: 14.75" x 10.5" Subject: Two white Cockatoos on a red perch with a blue water jar beside them. Publisher: Kawaguchi Date: 1930's Other Notes: Signed Hoson. Illustrated in Crows Cranes & Camellias by Jan Perree, Page 212.
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Tuesday, 7 August 2007 Artist Ohara Shoson/Koson Series: Published by Kawaguchi and Sakai Year: c.1930 Size: 14 3/4" x 10 1/2" Impression: Excellent Color: Excellent Condition: Very Good+ - light glue stain lower left corner Comments: Very deep embossing on wings. Background is dark green. Has an extra red vertical bar.
	Artist Bio:	Ohara Koson (小原 古邨?, Kanazawa 1877 ? Tokyo 1945) was a Japanese painter and printmaker 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 woodblock triptychs illustrating episodes of the Russo-Japanese War, but most of his production was prints of animals (kacho-ga). He worked at first with publishers Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido?) and Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya), signing his work Koson. Starting around 1926, he became associated with the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo, and signed his work Shoson. He also worked with the publisher Kawaguchi, signing his works Hoson. 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. (from Wikipedia)