Hosta florecida
1900 - 1930
Ohara Koson was a master of kacho-e (bird-and-flower prints), creating this lush hosta study during the Shin-hanga (New Print) movement, a modernist revival of traditional Japanese woodblock printing. Notice the incredible detail in the ribbed, heart-shaped leaves—it looks almost like a scientific botanical illustration but with the stylized elegance of ukiyo-e. Koson designed hundreds of these nature scenes specifically to appeal to Western collectors who were obsessed with Japanese aesthetics in the early 20th century.
- Technique
- Woodblock print
- Material
- Paper
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