Koson o hara goldfish care

One of Ohara Koson’s most famous woodblock prints, this dreamy pair of goldfish swim in a light pool against the silhouettes of aquatic plants. Koson used embossing for the outlines of the goldfish, plus the scales and fins use gold ink to shimmer.

This print was originally published in 1926, and had successive printings with different seals.

This one has a circular 6mm seal which was used very early by Watanabe from 1909 to late 1926, and then again after WWII, not the “A” seal which was used 1924 to 1930. But we know it was a first edition circular seal because of the original sticker on the back.

Koson o hara goldfish care

This sticker indicates that the S.Watanabe store was at “No14 Hiyoshi-Cho, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo” – the store’s location from November 1925 to March 1930.

The Woodblock Print

This beautiful oban print is in very fine condition; soft beautiful colors, clean and intact margins, a clean verso.

Vibrant metallic inks. Some toning to the paper, consi