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OHARA KOSON: SNOW AT YANAGIBASHI By Ohara Koson (1878-1945), signed Shoson with seal Shoson Japan, 1927 Color woodblock print and gofun (shell paste) on paper. Vertical oban. Signed Shoson with seal Shoson; publisher Watanabe Shozaburo, sealed to the lower left. 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 39.7 x 26.6 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Beautiful impression. Some very light, hardly noticeable foxing. 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. Museum comparison: A closely related print by the same artist, with similar seals, is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), accession number M.2000.105.148. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related print, with a similar seal, 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 or approx. EUR 15,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).