Flycatcher and Wisteria
Artist: Shoson Ohara
Name: Flycatcher and Wisteria
Date: 1910
Description: Flycatcher and Wisteria Artist: Koson Format: O-tanzakuban tate-e: 14.5″ x 7.5″ Subject: A blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) sits on a branch of a Wisteria with a drooping cluster of blue-purple flowers. The Flycatcher is an insectivorous songbird, recognisable by its slender bill fringed with bristles, and in this print it appears intent on the spider below. For a full page color illustration see ‘Crows, Cranes & Camellias’, cat#18 page 48, K10.1, page 173. Publisher: Kokkeido (Akiyama Buemon) Date: c. 1910 Condition: Fine colors. Full size with margins. Light foxing at base and at left. Minor creases, marks and flaws. Generally quite good state of preservation. Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage.
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