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Notes (1st edition)Title Indian Hill Minor and Magnolia Artist Koson Ohara 1877-1945 Signature Hoson Seal hoson Dated ca. 1930s Publisher Kawaguchi Medium/Technique Woodblock print Description Indian Hill Minor (famous for its talking ability) on white magnolia. Printer Komatsu, Carver Maeda. Format Oban tate-e Width Item 10.8 inches = 27.5 cm Height Item 14.6 inches = 37.0 cm
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Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: 		Artist Hoson, Ohara, 1877-1945
Title Myna on a Branch
Date c. 1929
Medium woodblock
Dimensions 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
Price $600.00
Item # 240951
Illustrated CCC H36.2 Cat 172
Condition Paper slightly wrinkled		 Original Japanese kacho-ga woodblock print by Ohara Koson (1877-1945) and probably from the 1920s or 1930s. Myna bird on flowering magnolia branch. Signed Hoson with Hoson red seal. Published by Kawaguchi, engraved by Maeda and printed by Komatsu. A lovely composition, oban size, 15 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches. Very good condition; unframed and not trimmed.

Title Indian Hill Minor and Magnolia
rare - provenance: Robert O. Muller estate
Artist Koson Ohara 1877-1945
Signature Hoson
Seal hoson
Dated ca. 1930s
Publisher Kawaguchi
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression excellent … lightly embossed
Colors excellent
Condition very good … slight toning, slightly shiny liquid stain on the upper left.

Note provenance: Robert O. Muller estate. "Made in Japan" stamped on the back. Printer Komatsu, Carver Maeda.
Format Oban tate-e
Width Item 10.8 inches = 27.5 cm
Height Item 14.6 inches = 37.0 cm		 Wonderful Myna bird, pristine condition, measures 10 1/2 by 15 1/2 inches.

Kawaguchi
 Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Artist: Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
Subject: Asiatic bird and magnolia.
Signature: Hoson. Artist's seal Hoson.
Date: ca. 1930.
Publisher: Kawaguchi.
Blockcutter: Maeda.
Printer: Komatsu.
Size: Oban tate-e, 40X26,8 cm.
Reference: Another example is illustrated in Newland, Perrée, Schaap, Crows Cranes & Camellias the natural world of Ohara Koson 1877-1945. Leiden 2001, pag. 163, n. 172.
Conditions: Very good impression, colours and conditions.
Item no. H 19
Price: Euro 850
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