Group of Egrets in the Snow
Artist
Ohara Koson
(Japanese, 1877 - 1945)
CultureJapanese
Dateca. 1927
MediumColor woodblock with embossing on paper
DimensionsOverall: 15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (39.1 x 26 cm)
InscribedTwo character marks bottom left. Red square seal mark below it. Publisher's rectangular seal in left margin. Signed "Shoson".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.252
Not on view
DescriptionWoodblock print of egrets Five white egrets with embossed wings huddle together. Two of them on the left raise their heads above the others. Snowflakes drift from a grey sky to undefined blue water below. Mounted on a buff mat.
Kitagawa Utamaro
