Geese and Banana Plant
by Ohara Koson (1877–1945)
Sold
- Type
- Japanese woodblock print
- First edition
- Circa 1920s
- This edition
- Showa period (1926 - 1989)
- Catalogue no.
- Newland K11.1
- Image size
- 43.7 × 24.2 cm
- Condition
- Fair (see condition notes)
Description
Newland states this "design was perhaps published by Daikokuya" but the present copy lists the publisher Nishinomiya in the margin. It is a later edition, missing various elements of other impressions, such as the grass to the left of the geese, and the ribbons of the leaves of the banana plant, but still remaining a good design.
Condition notes
The print is in fair condition. It has discolored, there is a mat line visible near the left margin, and there are wrinkles in the margins. Remnants of a previous mounting remain.
Literature
- Amy Reigle Newland, Jan Perrée and Robert Schaap, Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson, 2010, K11.1 (illustrated as cat. 109), pp. 118, 182.
