{"product_id":"ohara-koson-birds-and-flowers-paperback","title":"Ohara Koson Birds and Flowers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOhara 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOhara Koson studied painting and design at the Ishikawa Prefecture Technical School in 1889-1893. He also studied painting with Suzuki Kason (1860-1919), although accounts differ on whether this happened during his school years or after he moved to Tokyo in the middle to late 1890s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1904, Koson created prints depicting the Russo-Japanese War, see authors  book \u003cem\u003eRusso-Japanese War.\u003c\/em\u003e This was a common practice among ukiyo-e artists during that time, as many of them produced illustration prints related to either the Sino-Japanese War (1894\/95) or the Russo-Japanese War (1904\/05), see authors  books \u003cem\u003eSino-Japanese War\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRusso-Japanese War\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the decline of ukiyo-e, Ohara Koson managed to maintain financial stability due to his position as a teacher at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, where Koson encountered Ernest Fenellosa, an American advocate of traditional Japanese art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51248077504735,"sku":"9783572550371","price":71.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/StgJCa24Ua9783572550371.webp?v=1787356311","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/ohara-koson-birds-and-flowers-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}