'Carp and Water Chestnut' — Showa lifetime impression
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson (1877-1945), 'Carp and Water Chestnut', color woodblock print, 1926.
Category
1920s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Koson Ohara
'Pair of Mallard Ducks' — Japanese Woodblock kachō-ga
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson, 'Pair of Mallard Ducks', color woodblock, c. 1920s.
Category
Early 1900s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Flower Basket Arrangement against an Indigo Background (First Edition)
By Ohara Koson
Located in Burbank, CA
A basket with carefully arranged flowers is contrasted against a dramatic blue-black background. The showcased ikebana basket (kago) is in a traditional style of the early Showa peri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Still-life Prints
Materials
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Tiger Lily
By Nishimura Hodo
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Muller remembered buying prints by Koson Ohara for just 28 cents each, as noted in the book "Crows, Cranes & Camellias."
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Dahlias
By Nishimura Hodo
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Muller remembered buying prints by Koson Ohara for just 28 cents each, as noted in the book "Crows, Cranes & Camellias."
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Woodcut
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Ohara KosonKoson Ohara, Shin-Hanga, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Roaring Tiger, Early 20th century
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H 14.53 in W 7.49 in D 0.04 in
Koson Ohara, Shin-Hanga, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Roaring Tiger
By Ohara Koson
Located in London, GB
Title: Roaring Tiger Near Rocks Artist: Koson Ohara (1877-1945) Publisher: Daikoku-ya Date: Early 20th century Dimensions: 19.0 x 36.9 cm Condition: Stains at the bottom of the print.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Ohara KosonKoson Ohara, Couple of Pheasants, Nature, Snow, Pine, Japanese Woodblock Print, Early 20th century
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H 13.35 in W 6.89 in D 0.04 in
Koson Ohara, Couple of Pheasants, Nature, Snow, Pine, Japanese Woodblock Print
By Ohara Koson
Located in London, GB
Trimmed. Ohara Koson was one of great print makers of the 20th century, best known for his kacho-e, prints of flowers and birds.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Ohara KosonOhara Koson, Eagle with Outspread Wings, Kacho-ga, Japanese Woodblock Print, Early 20th century
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H 13.67 in W 7.41 in D 0.04 in
Ohara Koson, Eagle with Outspread Wings, Kacho-ga, Japanese Woodblock Print
By Ohara Koson
Located in London, GB
Artist: Koson Ohara (1877-1945) Title: Eagle with Outspread Wings Date: Early 20th century Size: 18.8 x 34.7 cm Condition: Trimmed.
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Ohara KosonBird & Flower, Ohara Koson, Moon, Shin Hanga, Japanese Woodblock Print, Geese, Early 20th Century
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H 9.49 in W 9.89 in D 0.04 in
Bird & Flower, Ohara Koson, Moon, Shin Hanga, Japanese Woodblock Print, Geese
By Ohara Koson
Located in London, GB
Pencil marking on the back. Horizontal crease. Ohara Koson was a prolific printmaker of the twentieth century widely known for his kacho-ga, bird and flower prints.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Ohara KosonOhara Koson (1877-1945) - Framed Japanese Woodblock, Carp Fish, Unknown
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H 18.71 in W 13.19 in
Ohara Koson (1877-1945) - Framed Japanese Woodblock, Carp Fish
By Ohara Koson
Located in Corsham, GB
An original Japanese woodblock depicting two elegant carp fish by Japanese printmaker, Ohara Koson. Koson has effortlessly captured a sense of stillness and beauty in this simplistic...
Category
Early 20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Ohara Koson'Hollyhock and Dragonflies' — Showa Woodblock, Lifetime Impression, 1934
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H 14.38 in W 9.44 in
'Hollyhock and Dragonflies' — Showa Woodblock, Lifetime Impression
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson, 'Hollyhock and Dragonflies', color woodblock, 'oban tate-e', 1934.
Category
1930s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Ohara Koson'Bullfinch on a Flowering Plum Tree' — Japanese kacho-e, c. 1900, c. 1900
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H 13.44 in W 7.25 in
'Bullfinch on a Flowering Plum Tree' — Japanese kacho-e, c. 1900
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Koson was born in Kanazawa with the given name Matao Ohara.
Category
Early 1900s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Wading Egret
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson, 'Wading Egret', color woodblock print, c. 1900-1910.
Category
Early 1900s Showa Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Two Yellow Tits
By Ohara Koson
Located in Burbank, CA
Two tits (Parus varius) perch on blades of grass, their plumage bright against a misty background. This is a very early Koson-signed design, made before the 1923 earthquake. Excellen...
Category
1910s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Tit on the stalk of a flowering magnolia
By Ohara Koson
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signature: Koson C; Seal: K. 6 Format: o-tanzaku Publisher: Daikokuya, Sample Book No. 11 Crows, Cranes & Camellias K.29.11 Sheet: 14 1/2 x 7 1/2"; Image: 13 7/16 x ...
Category
20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Goose and Reeds
By Ohara Koson
Located in Plano, TX
It is the same artist. Koson Ohara died in 1945 in Tokyo. Ohara Koson was the most famous shin hanga designer of bird and flower prints (kacho-e).
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Color, Woodcut
Carrion Crow on a Snow-covered Branch at Dawn.
By Ohara Koson
Located in Plano, TX
It is the same artist. Koson Ohara died in 1945 in Tokyo. Ohara Koson was the most famous shin hanga designer of bird and flower prints (kacho-e).
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Color, Woodcut
Ohara KosonTwo Wild Ducks in Flight Above Reeds, a Full Moon Behind., pre 1923
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H 20 in W 16 in D 0.5 in
Two Wild Ducks in Flight Above Reeds, a Full Moon Behind.
By Ohara Koson
Located in Plano, TX
It is the same artist. Koson Ohara died in 1945 in Tokyo. Ohara Koson was the most famous shin hanga designer of bird and flower prints (kacho-e).
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Color, Woodcut
Bats Against a Full Moon
By Ohara Koson
Located in Plano, TX
It is the same artist. Koson Ohara died in 1945 in Tokyo. Ohara Koson was the most famous shin hanga designer of bird and flower prints (kacho-e).
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Color, Woodcut
Tit on the Stalk of a Flowering Magnolia
By Ohara Koson
Located in Plano, TX
Ohara Koson was the most famous shin hanga designer of bird and flower prints (kacho-e).
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Color, Woodcut
Sparrow on Hortensia (Hydrangea)
By Ohara Koson
Located in Plano, TX
Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat. Koson Ohara was born in 1877 in Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture in the North of Japan with the given name Ohara Matao.
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Color, Woodcut
Ohara KosonDeer on a Mountain Ledge at Dusk - Woodcut by Ohara Koson - 1910s, 1910s
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H 14.18 in W 7.49 in D 0.04 in
Deer on a Mountain Ledge at Dusk - Woodcut by Ohara Koson - 1910s
By Ohara Koson
Located in Roma, IT
Woodblock print in colors on paper. realized by Ohara Koson (also known as Shoson or Hoson, 1877–1945) Japan, Taisho–early Showa period (circa 1910s–1920s).
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
Eagle on Snow Covered Pine — Showa Woodblock Print
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson (1877-1945), 'Eagle on Snow Covered Pine', color woodblock print, c. 1905.
Category
Early 1900s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'Wading Egret' — Japanese Woodblock kacho-e
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson, 'Wading Egret', color woodblock, c. 1900 - 1910.
Category
Early 1900s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'Rabbits and the Moon' — Showa, Pre WWII impression
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson, 'Rabbits and the Moon', color woodblock, 'oban tate-e', 1931.
Category
1930s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Egrets on a Snowy Night
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson, 'Egrets on a Snowy Night', color woodblock, 1927.
Category
1920s Showa Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Ohara KosonAuthentic Life Time Edition Woodblock Print-Two Carps and Water Chestnut-Mint, 1930
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H 15.48 in W 10.36 in D 0.04 in
Authentic Life Time Edition Woodblock Print-Two Carps and Water Chestnut-Mint
By Ohara Koson
Located in London, GB
About the Artist Koson Ohara was born in 1877 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, located in northern Japan, under the name Ohara Matao.
Category
1940s Edo Landscape Prints
Materials
Ink, Washi Paper, Woodcut
Ohara Koson'Lapwing on a Tree Stump' — Japanese Woodblock kachō-ga, c. 1920s
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H 13.69 in W 7.13 in
'Lapwing on a Tree Stump' — Japanese Woodblock kachō-ga
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson, 'Lapwing on a Tree Stump', color woodblock, c. 1920s.
Category
Early 1900s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Swallow over the Ocean Waves
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson, 'Swallow over the Ocean Waves", color woodblock print, c. 1920s.
Category
1920s Showa Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Cockatoo on Pomegranate — Lifetime Impression
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson, 'Cockatoo on Pomegranate', color woodblock print, 1927.
Category
1920s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Great Tit in Flight Beneath Wisteria Blossoms
By Ohara Koson
Located in Burbank, CA
Lifelike portrait of a great tit in flight, flowering wisteria cascading from above. An excellent design in the rarer oversized naga-oban format. Published by Kokkeido ca 1920s. Exce...
Category
1920s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Flycatcher and Rose Mallow
By Ohara Koson
Located in Burbank, CA
An orange-and black flycatcher has perched on a rose mallow branch. The bird watches a spider descending on its filament with great interest. With the Watanabe seal that was in use d...
Category
1930s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Egrets and Crescent Moon
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Two white egrets at the edge of a pond are illuminated by a crescent moon rising above a stand of delicately silhouetted, windswept reeds. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cr...
Category
1920s Showa Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
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Koson Ohara For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate koson ohara for your needs in our varied inventory. When looking for the right koson ohara for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of black, gray, beige and green. Artworks like these — often created in woodcut print, handmade paper and mulberry paper — can elevate any room of your home. A large koson ohara can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 9.53 high and 7.13 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.
How Much is a Koson Ohara?
A koson ohara can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $850, while the lowest priced sells for $425 and the highest can go for as much as $1,800.
Ohara Koson for sale on 1stDibs
Ohara Koson was a prolific printmaker of the 20th century widely known for his kacho-ga, bird and flower prints. During his study with Kason, he took his artist name Koson, a partial adaptation of his teacher's name. Early in his career, many of Koson’s prints were muted in color and captured a sense of calmness and elegance. Koson’s depiction of birds are very realistic, the details of body and feathers in particular were always depicted with meticulous care.
Finding the Right Prints And Multiples for You
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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