Snow on Willow Bridge (Yanagibashi no yuki) - Ohara Koson (1877-1945) - Published by Watanabe - Japan

Woodblock print of the Showa period in excellent condition, bought from print experts Sanders of Oxford.
Superb winter colours, embellished by the artist with hand-applied gofun for the snow.

Includes the Shoos seal, and the publisher's rectangular red seal Watanabe (Watanabe Shozaburo).

The black wood frame is included free of charge and is lightly damaged, but the buyer can receive the print unframed if they wish (shipping costs are not affected by the choice).

Koson Ohara (aka Shoson or Hoson) was a master of early 20th century kacho-e (bird-and-flower pictures).
Born in Kanazawa with the given name Matao Ohara, he began his artistic career studying painting under the Shijo-style master Kason. Around 1905, Koson started to produce woodblock prints and exported some of them to the USA thanks to the curator of Japanese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.