Crows in Moonlight — Ohara Koson, poster

Ohara Koson's c.1910 night study, taken from Wikimedia Commons' CC0 archive, on archival fine art paper.

Block-printed around 1910, Crows in Moonlight is Koson's meditation on silhouette — three crows perched in bare branches against a pale moon and darker sky. Koson was a master of negative space. He worked late in the ukiyo-e tradition, after the era had supposedly ended, and proved the form wasn't exhausted yet. The composition is almost minimalist — four elements, one page, and everything speaks.

This is reproduced from a Wikimedia Commons CC0 archive scan at full resolution, printed on archival fine art paper, ready to hang.

THE PRINT

• Available in 28×43 cm / XL 11×17", 30×45 cm / 12×18", 40×60 cm / 16×24", or 60×90 cm / 24×36", landscape orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper
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THE WORK

• Artist: Ohara Koson (1877–1945)
• Year: c.1910
• Collection: Public domain
• Source: Wikimedia Commons · CC0 archive scan

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