| Artist | KOSON (Shoson OHARA) (1877-1945) |
| Title | "Snow on Willow Bridge" ("Yanagi-Bashi no Yuki") |
| Date | 1927 (early post-War edition, Known collected 1947. |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by family of Navy Hospital Corps servicewoman Verna Woodrich stationed in Yokohama/Tokyo 1947. |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | "M-seal" (gift seal). Known collected 1947. |
| Image Size | 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to tree's snow
accumulation, umbrealla, and bridge boards; lightly over-splashed "gofun" as snow; baren "sujizuri" (tracings) to foreground; crisp lines, highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso. (Light toning; very slight wear.) All prints within this 1947 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 71 years. |
| Reference/Illus | Blair's 1930 "Toledo Exhibition" pl. #194; "Shin-Hanga" pl. #109; "Crow, Cranes, and Camellias" pl. #166. |
| Comments | Considered Koson's finest "bijin/landscape" image. Not often available. (See related article.) An early post-War printing--seldom seen in this exceptional condition. From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection. |
| Item # | SF-56 |
| Price | $1075 |
