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"小 原 古 Ohara Koson (1877-1945) ce que Japanese painter and printmaker of the 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga (nouveau prince) movement. Hé, quoi de born Ohara Matao ; it is thought that he started training in painting and design at the Ishikawa Prefecture Technical School in 1889-1893. Donc, He étudie le painting with Suzuki Kason (1860-1919), although accounts differ on whether this happened during his school or after after moved to Tokyo in the middle to late 1890 s. A Tokyo, produced some woodblock triptychs illustrating episodes of the Russo-Japanese War, but most of his production ce que prints of animals (kachō-ga). He worked at first with publishers Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeidō) and Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya), signing his work Koson. Starting around 1926, camés associés à la Publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō, et signed his work shōson. Worked with the publisher Kawaguchi, signing his works Hōson. Through his association with Watanabe, Ohara's work, exhibited abroad, and his prints sold well particularly in the United States. He was active designing prints until at least en 1935, and died at his home in Tokyo en 1945. Quote:Wikipedia"