Fox by a pond on a moonlit night — 月夜池辺の狐
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:	Fox by a pond on a moonlit night — 月夜池辺の狐
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	circa 1930-1950
	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:	47382
	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（祥邨）傑作　「月夜池辺の狐」昭和初期作　６ｍｍ印（昭和２０年代の摺り）　渡邊木版 小原古邨（祥邨）(おはらこそん（しょうそん）) 明治10年（1877）～昭和20年（1945） 本名＝小原又雄は1877年金沢市生まれ。 花鳥画を得意とする日本画家・鈴木華邨に師事。 生涯で古邨、祥邨、豊邨を画号とした。 明治末期には版元・大黒屋から「古邨」の名で花鳥画を刊行し、海外への輸出を念頭に置いた版下絵の制作で高い人気を得る。 昭和期には渡邊版画店から『祥邨』の名で、また酒井好古堂と川口商会の合版では「豊邨」の名で制作を続けた。 サイズ：約３６ｃｍ×２４ｃｍ 状態：約７５年前の摺り（ワタナベ６ｍｍ印）、 木版画（後摺り） ほぼ完璧な状態を保っています。
	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)