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Dewey Decimal Number: 769.92 EAN: 9789074822381 ISBN: 907482238X Label: Hotei Publishing Manufacturer: Hotei Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: 2001-11 Publisher: Hotei Publishing Studio: Hotei Publishing Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Little is known about the print artist Koson, whose career commenced at a time when the Ukiyo-e print tradition was dying out and the shin hanga ('new print') movement had not yet begun. He received little recognition in Japan but many of his prints of birds and flowers, characterised by their peaceful charm, were sold abroad, mainly in the United States and Europe, where things Japanese found an eager market. Japan only recently honoured Koson with an exhibition, organised after the discovery of some valuable material, including many of his original paintings and sketches. This book about Koson is the first Western publication of his oeuvre of prints and paintings, based upon a private Dutch collection. It provides all known information on the artist's life and work, his teachers and publishers, facsimiles of his signatures and seals and illustrations of an estimated ninety percent of his total print output. The definitive reference book for Koson collectors. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Koson, Shoson or HosonIt is not offen, even in the world of Japanese woodblocks that one finds an artist with three different names but here he is. Family name - Ohara. Artist name - well, that depends on who was publishing his prints. He used the name "Koson" (taken from his teacher Suzuki Kason) in the early years when his works were published by Kokkeido and Daikokuya. When he worked with publisher Watanabe, he used "Shoson" and then finally "Hoson" for the prints published by Kawaguchi. This book has a brief ... Read More Rating:  - Love Ohara Koson, but would have liked a better bookInstead of trying to include so many smaller photos of the artist's prints, I would have loved to see some larger photos. This is more of a catalog of Ohara Koson's work, instead of a great way to see the work in all it's glory. Rating: - Love Ohara Koson, but would have liked a better bookInstead of trying to include so many smaller photos of the artist's prints, I would have loved to see some larger photos. This is more of a catalog of Ohara Koson's work, instead of a great way to see the work in all it's glory. Rating: - Love Ohara Koson, but would have liked a better bookInstead of trying to include so many smaller photos of the artist's prints, I would have loved to see some larger photos. This is more of a catalog of Ohara Koson's work, instead of a great way to see the work in all it's glory. 
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