Ohara Koson (小原古邨) / Shōson (祥邨) (artist 1877 – 1945)
Crows in flight
1936
15.375 in x 7 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Shōson (祥邨)
Artist's seal: Shōson (Sa)
The National Museum of Asian Art
National Museums of Scotland
Rijksmuseum - dated 1925-36 "Two jungle crows (Corvus macrorhynchos) are in flight on a cold, clear night, a full moon in the distance. This work is one of a series of some thirty ō-tanzaku prints published by Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885-1962): they do not have a publisher's seal. This design is reminiscent of a famous shikishiban of 1888 by the artist Shibata Zeshin (1807-91), which illustrates two black crows in flight against a bright orange sky."
Quoted from: Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945 by Amy Reigle Newland, Jan Perrée and Robert Schaap, Hotei Publishing, 2001, p. 149. Illustrated by a color reproduction.
kachō-e (bird and flower picture - 花鳥絵) (genre)
modern prints (shin hanga - 新版画) (genre)