A blue moonlit cherry branch silhouetted against the sky

A gnarled cherry branch thick with blossoms and leaves stretches diagonally across the sheet, rendered entirely in shades of blue against a paler blue sky. A pale cream full moon glows behind the blossoms at left. The lower portion of the sheet is left empty, fading to a soft gray-blue. The signature reads Shōson, with a red seal beneath it at lower right.

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.