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OHARA KOSON: SNOW AT YANAGIBASHI By Ohara Koson (1877-1945), signed Shoson with seal Shoson Japan, published 1927 Color woodblock print and gofun (shell paste) on paper. Vertical oban. Signed Shoson with seal Shoson; publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. Title Yanagibashi no yuki (Snow at Yanagibashi). Two women cross the Yanagibashi - Willow bridge over the river Sumidagawa in a heavy snowfall, the umbrellas covering their face. SIZE of the sheet 38.6 x 26.1 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, slight browning, little fading, the edges with light creasing and few minuscule losses. Ohara Koson (1877-1945) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga (“new prints”) movement. He is famous as a master of kacho-e (bird-and-flower) designs. Throughout a prolific career, in which he created around 500 prints, he went by three different titles: Ohara Hoson, Ohara Shoson, and Ohara Koson. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related print, dated 1927, at Christie’s, Landscapes of Japan: Woodblock Prints from Edo to Post-War, 26 March 2024, New York, lot 84 (sold for USD 17,640).