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Cockatoo on a red bar — 鸚鵡
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:	Cockatoo on a red bar — 鸚鵡
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1927
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Watanabe — 渡辺
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Watanabe — 渡辺
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Shikishi
	Format (this edition):	Shikishi
	DB artwork code:	47369
	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: 初期摺　小原祥邨（古邨）　鸚鵡　Parrot　 小原祥邨の「鸚鵡」初期摺になります。 こちらの作品は昭和初期の間に製作されたと思われる初期摺の作品です。 小原祥邨（古邨）の存在は日曜美術館で特集されておりましたので、テレビを見て初めてご覧になった方いらっしゃったのではないでしょうか。川瀬巴水が風月画だとすれば小原祥邨は花鳥画の名手と言えるでしょう。 やはり外国での評価が高く、多くのコレクターが海外にいらっしゃるそうです。 渡邊木版画へ移ってからは祥邨と名を変え洋画風の色彩を取り入れ、明るい色調へ変化しております 額装してお楽しみください。 2月1日から原宿の太田記念美術館で小原古邨展が始りました。 私も行ってきましたが、本当に見応えがありました。 お時間がある方は是非ともお立ち寄りください。 サイズ：約25.5cm×28.8cm 版元 ：渡辺木版美術画舗 状態 ：摺、状態とも優良ですが、90年近く経っておりますので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)