Bullfinch On a branch

A single bird with a black head, white throat, and blue-grey body clings head-down to a dark, gnarled branch, wings raised, its tail pointing up toward the upper right corner. The branch is studded with small red and pale pink blossoms against a soft grey, gradated background, with the artist's seal in red and characters in black at the lower right. Ohara Koson's mokuhanga print renders the scene in muted greys, black, blue, white, and red.