Starlings in the Rain by Ohara Koson, 1900 thrace testifying to a confident municipal

testifying to a confident municipal presence

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Starlings in the Rain by Ohara Koson, 1900 thrace testifying to a confident municipalStarlings in the Rain by Ohara Koson (1900) captures a fleeting moment of weather and motion with the quiet intensity for which this master of kach e (bird and flower pictures) is celebrated. A flock of starlings cleaves the damp air as fine rain threads the scene, each bird rendered with elegant, calligraphic linework and soft tonal washes. Associated with the early shin hanga revival of traditional printmaking, Koson distilled the Japanese