Rabbits with Bush Clover Under Full Moon

Japanese Color Woodblock Print 

Rabbits with Bush Clover Under Full Moon

by Ohara Shōson, c. 1930

Mallards in Coastal Scene
IHL Cat. #73

About This Print

This print showing two rabbits next to a clump of bush clover with a full moon in the background may be a printer's proof, as the commonly seen version of the print (below left) has the artist's Hoson seal added along with the publisher's, Kawaguchi and Sakai, copyright information in the left margin.

"Production" version from Muller Collection. Note presence
of red Hoson seal beneath Hoson signature and Kawaguchi and Sakai publisher copyright in lower left ma
rgin.
Coloration of the night sky has also been changed.
This collection's print (IHL Cat. #73) without Hoson seal
beneath signature or publisher's copyright in left margin.

Catalogue Raisonné
Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945
AH.2


Print Details

 IHL Catalog #73
 Title Rabbits with Bush Clover Under Full Moon (titled as "Two white hare and the full moon" in Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945.)
 Series 
 Artist
 Ohara Kōson (1877 - 1945)
 Signature
Hōson 豊邨
 Seal no seal on this impression
 Date c. 1930
 Edition Possible proof edition as artist's "Hōson" seal and publisher's seal are missing.
 Publisher  Kawaguchi and Sakai
 Impression excellent
 Colors excellent
 Condition good - light wrinkling, red pen/pencil mark in lower left margin, multiple pin holes in margin.
 Miscellaneous 
 Genre shin-hanga (new prints)
 Format oban-tate
 H x W Paper 15 7/8 x 11 in. (40.3 x 27.9 cm)
 H x W Image 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (36.2 x 24.1 cm)
 Collections This Print Rijksmuseum RP-P-2001-735
 Reference Literature
 Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945, cat. AH.2, p. 218.
last revision:
5/28/2020