Flowering wisteria
Ohara Koson was a superstar of the Shin-hanga movement, a modernist revival of traditional Japanese woodblock printing in the early 1900s. Here, he depicts a cascading cluster of wisteria flowers with such delicate precision that you can almost feel their weight pulling down the branch. These 'kacho-e' (bird-and-flower) prints were incredibly popular exports, satisfying a Western hunger for serene, exotic nature scenes and making Koson one of the most prolific designers of his time.
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- Woodblock print
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- Paper