Two bats wheel past a willow trunk against a full moon

Two bats swoop past a gnarled willow trunk silhouetted against a full moon rendered in soft grey bokashi. Trailing willow branches hang across the pale disc, and the bats' membranous wings are picked out in solid black with fine curling claws. The scene is printed almost entirely in monochrome greys and black, with the moon's glow the only source of light. The artist's early signature 古邨 (Koson) and red seal appear at lower left of the main sheet.

Ohara Koson (1877–1945) was the leading bird-and-flower (kachō-ga) artist of the shin-hanga movement. Trained in Kanazawa and Tokyo in the Shijō painting tradition, he designed prints from around 1900, first for export publishers and from 1926 for Watanabe Shōzaburō under the name Shōson. Herons in snow, crows on a branch, goldfish and sparrows are drawn with a naturalist's precision and printed with soft gradations and embossed feathers. His prints are held by the Rijksmuseum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.