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Notes (1st edition)Title Crows in Moonlight Artist Koson Ohara 1877-1945 Signature Shoson Seal artist's seal (shoson) Dated 1927 Publisher Watanabe Description "Crows in Moonlight". Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Format Oban tate-e Width Item 10.2 inches = 25.8 cm Height Item 15.4 inches = 39.0 cm
Publisher (this edition): Watanabe Shozaburo Watanabe Shozaburo
Date of this item: Postwar edition Pre-war
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: 		Impression excellent - very good … woodgrains visible on the background.
Colors excellent - very good
Condition very good … slight toning, the margins lightly creased, the lower area slightly creased and soiled.
Note "Made in Japan" on a sticker pasted on the back. No Watanabe copyright seal.		 I recently purchase a large collection of original Japanese Woodblock prints dating from the 1700's to the mid 1900's. All are original and all are from the same collection of Japanese fine arts. The collector lived in Japan before WWII and returned in 1946. He was a professor and major collector. Please see my other auctions for great Japanese antiques, original woodblock prints and other Asian items. Again, all these items are from one collection and fresh to the market.

Up for auction is an original antique Ohara Koson(Shoson) Japanese woodblock print dating from the early part of the 1900's. Titled "Two Crows in Moonlight" and has the Watanabe publisher mark in the lower left margin. This is an original and signed as seen below. Great detail and design by this famous artist. Condition is excellent for its age. Has no holes, no tears, no water damage, no creases or folds. The color is great with no fading or discoloring. Also no cut edges and it has not been trimmed. Measures approx. 15 1/2 by 10 3/8 inches. Very rare original woodblock print and would look great framed. Found safely stored away for years at a recent 95 year estate of along time collector and from a smoke free home.
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