Ohara Koson (1877-1945) | Nine woodblock prints | Taisho period, early 20th century

Ohara Koson (1877-1945) 

Nine woodblock prints

Taisho period, early 20^th century

each a woodblock print, signed and sealed Koson, and comprising:

- Puppy and fallen pine needles, circa 1910 

- Wild mallards among waters and reeds, unsigned, circa 1910

- Two geese, circa 1910

- Two barn swallows on weeping cherry tree frond, circa 1910

- Stonechat on flowering hibiscus branch, circa 1910

- Cicada on trunk of willow, embellished with silver mica, circa 1910 

- Two long-tailed pheasants in snow, circa 1910

- Sparrows and wisteria, publisher's mark to the lower left margin Hanken shoyu Nishimiya Yosaku [copyright reserved, Nishimiya Yosaku, 1896-1986], the reverse stamped MADE IN JAPAN, circa 1910

- Crow and cherry blossoms, circa 1900s - 1910s

24.2 x 25 cm., 9½ x 9⅞ in. (the first)

35.3 x 19 cm., 13⅞ x 7½ in. (the second)

33.7 x 18.5 cm., 13¼ x 7¼ in. (the third)

34.7 x 18.2 cm., 13⅝ x 7⅛ in. (the fourth)

36.4 x 19.2 cm., 14⅜ x 7½ in. (the fifth)

37.2 x 19.2 cm., 14⅝ x 7½ in. (the sixth)

34.5 x 18.2 cm., 13⅝ x 7⅛ in. (the seventh)

44.6 x 28.3 cm., 17½ x 11⅛ in. (the eighth)

34.4 x 38.7 cm., 13½ x 15¼ in. (the ninth)