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KOSON, Ohara (1877 - 1945)		Oriole on a Plum Tree
		Signed:                     Koson Sealed:                     Koson Publisher:                Akiyama Buemon ('Kokkeidô') Date:                        c. 1910s Size:                         ô-tanzaku  (c. 36.5 x 19 cms / c. 14 3/8" x 7 1/2") Condition: EXCELLENT impression, color and condition. ref. no.: # 756059 - Sold -

A black-naped oriole rests on the branch of a flowering plum. The long pointed bill and mostly black and yellow plumage is a characteristic of this Old World songbird. Reference: Crows, Cranes and Camellias - the natural world of Ohara Koson, Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 2001; pl. K19.1, and p. 49, no. 19.

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