Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
Carp and water plants, 1926
Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, Hotei seal 'B' (consistent with printing 1924-30), the earliest type of Watanabe seal for this design
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, Hotei seal 'B' (consistent with printing 1924-30), the earliest type of Watanabe seal for this design
Vertical oban:
39 x 26.1 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ¼ in.)
39 x 26.1 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ¼ in.)
Very good impression and good colour. Slight toning. Very minor creasing to bottom right corner.
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Another impression is in the collection of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, go to: https://www.momat.go.jp/en/collection/m00096-002
Another in the Toledo Museum of Art, go to: http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/50039/carp?ctx=4b01f7fc-9faa-4d23-94c4-8e36b32f1633&idx=26
Another in the Toledo Museum of Art, go to: http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/50039/carp?ctx=4b01f7fc-9faa-4d23-94c4-8e36b32f1633&idx=26
Another impression is in the collection of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, go to: https://www.momat.go.jp/en/collection/m00096-002
Another in the Toledo Museum of Art, go to: http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/50039/carp?ctx=4b01f7fc-9faa-4d23-94c4-8e36b32f1633&idx=26
Another in the Toledo Museum of Art, go to: http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/50039/carp?ctx=4b01f7fc-9faa-4d23-94c4-8e36b32f1633&idx=26