Waxwing birds
1900 - 1930
Look at that top bird—it’s basically a fluffy, grumpy puffball of feathers! Ohara Koson was the absolute king of kacho-e (bird-and-flower prints) in the early 20th century, designing over 500 of these nature scenes. He captured these waxwings with such delicate precision on the hanging branch that you can almost hear them chirping. This piece fits into the shin-hanga (new prints) movement, a modernist twist on traditional Japanese woodblock printing that Western collectors went absolutely wild for.
- Technique
- Color woodblock print
- Material
- paper
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