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.
of red Hoson seal beneath Hoson signature and Kawaguchi and Sakai publisher copyright in lower left margin.
Coloration of the night sky has also been changed.
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 |  |
| 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. |
5/28/2020
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