Collection: Ohara Koson

Ohara Koson (also Ohara Hōson, Ohara Shōson) (Kanazawa 1877 , Tokyo 1945) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, at the forefront of shinsaku-hanga and shin-hanga art movements. Ohara Koson was famous as a master of kachō-e (bird-and-flower) designs. Throughout a prolific career, in which he created around 500 prints, he went by three different titles: Ohara Hōson, Ohara Shōson and Ohara Koson.

He studied under Suzuki Kason. His work is rooted in Nihonga. He belongs to the Japanese Woodblock & Ukiyo-e movement.