兩隻黑水雞
1900 - 1930
Ohara Koson was an absolute master of bird prints, and this misty scene shows exactly why. Two moorhens huddle together in a grey, atmospheric landscape, their dark feathers and bright orange beaks popping against the pale water and delicate reeds. This piece belongs to the shin-hanga (new print) movement, a modernist revival of traditional Japanese woodblock printing that blended old techniques with Western lighting and realism. Koson was incredibly prolific, and his beautiful bird studies were exported in huge numbers to Europe and America, making him a star of the early 20th-century art market.
- Technique
- Woodblock print
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