Egrets in the Snow
by Ohara Koson
- Date:
- 1927
- Medium:
- Japanese Color Woodblock Print
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
Six white egrets cluster together in falling snow, two with necks raised and craned to the right while the others tuck or lower their heads among the group's rounded, overlapping bodies. Their long yellow bills, dark thin legs, and pale gray-green eyes stand out against soft white plumage rendered with fine linear feather strokes, all set against a graduated blue-gray ground scattered with white snow dots that darkens toward navy at the bottom edge. A red seal and the artist's signature appear in the lower left; this is Ohara Koson's "Egrets in the Snow," a Japanese color woodblock print from 1927.
More Prints by Ohara Koson
Cat and Goldfish
c. 1928–1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Heron or Egret
c. 1900–1945
Woodblock print
"Snipes and Reeds," 1926 and "Wild Ducks and Pampas Grass"
Two woodblocks in colors (framed separately)
Magpie with Pink and White Magnolia Blossoms
Shōwa period, circa 1931
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
Woodblock print
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Egrets in the Snow was created by Ohara Koson (小原古邨) in 1927.
Egrets in the Snow depicts snow scenes.