Shoson Ohara (1877-1945)- Koson 小原祥邨、小原古邨 - - "Boats At Night"

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Boats At Night
by Shoson Ohara (1877-1945)- Koson

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Artist: Shoson Ohara (1877-1945)- Koson — 小原祥邨、小原古邨

Title: Boats At Night

Series:

Date 1st edition^?: Not set

Publisher 1st edition^?: Not Set

Publisher (this edition)^?: Not Set
Medium (1st edition): Woodblock

Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (1st edition): Oban

Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 32918

Notes (1st edition)^?:

Notes (this edition)^?: The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Often written by non-experts, there may be inaccuracies:
Saturday, 1 September 2007

Guaranteed original Japanese woodblock print by the shin hanga school artist Ohara Koson. Subject: Fishing Boats. Date: early 1900's. Fine color, impression, condition. Faint bends in lower margin corners. Doesn't effect image. Oban format print measures 10" x 14.75". NOTE: A rare print. There is a similar chuban format design in the Koson text "Crows, Cranes & Camellias". This larger design is, as of yet, undocumented.

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)

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	Artist:	Shoson Ohara (1877-1945)- Koson — 小原祥邨、小原古邨
	Title:	Boats At Night
	Series:
	Date 1st edition^?:	Not set
	Publisher 1st edition^?:	Not Set
	Publisher (this edition)^?:	Not Set
	Medium (1st edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (1st edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	32918
	Notes (1st edition)^?:
	Notes (this edition)^?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Often written by non-experts, there may be inaccuracies: Saturday, 1 September 2007 Guaranteed original Japanese woodblock print by the shin hanga school artist Ohara Koson. Subject: Fishing Boats. Date: early 1900's. Fine color, impression, condition. Faint bends in lower margin corners. Doesn't effect image. Oban format print measures 10" x 14.75". NOTE: A rare print. There is a similar chuban format design in the Koson text "Crows, Cranes & Camellias". This larger design is, as of yet, undocumented.
	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)