A grey bird's silhouette crosses the rain above pink begonias

A flat grey silhouette of a bird with swept-back wings and a forked tail crosses the pale sky above a begonia plant tied with straw to a bamboo stake, faint vertical streaks of rain falling across the ground. Clusters of drooping pink flowers and a few pale pink blossoms with yellow centres hang among broad dark green serrated leaves. The artist's brushed signature, Koson, and a red seal sit at the left.

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.