Large knot sandpipers
1900 - 1930
Master of the Shin-hanga movement, Ohara Koson revived traditional Japanese woodblock printing by adding a touch of Western realism. Here, two knot sandpipers stand alert on a dark, jagged shore, their feathers meticulously detailed against rhythmic, stylized blue waves. Koson designed over 500 bird-and-flower prints, mostly for export to Europe and America, where collectors went wild for his lifelike creatures. It’s a charming irony that these shorebirds, depicted so perfectly in their natural habitat, spent most of their 'lives' hanging in living rooms thousands of miles away from the Japanese coast!
- Technique
- Woodblock print
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