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Fly-catcher, Rose Mellow, and Spider — 芙蓉と蜘蛛を狙う鳥
by Shoson Ohara (1877-1945)- Koson

Original caretaker of this artwork: Yahoo Auction, Japan

	Artist:	Shoson Ohara (1877-1945)- Koson — 小原祥邨、小原古邨
	Title:	Fly-catcher, Rose Mellow, and Spider — 芙蓉と蜘蛛を狙う鳥
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1932 (circa)
	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:	47324
	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: 小原古邨(小原祥邨)「芙蓉と蜘蛛を狙う鳥」初摺りになります。 小原古邨(小原祥邨)はNHK 日曜美術館で放送された事もあり、日本でも知名度と評価がとても高くなりました。 この作品は芙蓉の花びらにはNHK 日曜美術館で特集されいた、紙に凹凸を作る浮世絵版画の技法・「きめ出し」を使っており、古邨版画に特徴的な技法で芙蓉の花びらが立体的になる工夫が施されています。(画像5枚目) また小原古邨(祥邨)の当時の作品は日本にはとても少なく、ほとんど海外に流れており希少価値が高くなっております。 こちらの作品は初摺りで、古邨が祥邨の名になって版元が渡辺木版画になりましたので、通称Aシールの印があります。 Aシールは大正13年～昭和5年頃までに摺られた証明にもなりますので、約90年前の作品になります。 とくに絵師の創意や彫師・摺師の技量を存分に今に伝えるのが、いわゆる「初摺」で、 初摺のあとで何度か出される「後摺（あとずり）」では、線がぼやけ、摺色も減らされます。 したがって現存する初摺のものはきわめて少なく大変貴重ですので、この機会に是非ご検討くださいませ。 年代　：約90年前 大正～昭和初期 サイズ：約38.5cm x 26cm　誤差が出る場合は御了承下さい。 版元　：渡邊庄三郎 状態　：良好 初摺り Aシール 当時の正真正銘の本物木版画になります。 　　　　経年による色あせ、僅かなヤケがありますが、当時の作品としては良好だと思われます。 古い物になりますので多少の汚れや擦れなどの傷みもありますのでご了承の上、画像でご判断ください。
	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)