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Two Goldfish and waterweed

Two Goldfish and waterweed
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: Two Goldfish and waterweed
Series: 
Date of first edition?1926
Publisher (first edition)?Watanabe Shozaburo 渡辺
Publisher (this edition)?Watanabe Shozaburo 渡辺
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 38159
Notes (first edition)?
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Friday, 5 August 2005

Title Goldfish
Artist Koson Ohara 1877-1945
Signature Shoson
Seal shoson
Dated 1926
Publisher Watanabe
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression very good … embossed
Colors fair … faded, gold colored metallic pigment
Condition good … light uneven toning.
Description Two red goldfish are swimming in a pond.
Note Watanabe copyright seal for 1924-30, "Made in Japan" sticker on verso.
Format Oban tate-e
Width 14.4 inches = 36.5 cm
Height 15.4 inches = 39.0 cm

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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