A kingfisher perches above a blooming white lotus

A kingfisher with a blue-green crown, yellow-orange breast and a long slender bill perches on a bent lotus stem. Above it a white lotus flower opens fully, with an unopened bud lower on the stem. A large withered lotus leaf curls at the base near still water rendered in muted grey-blue. The signature Koson and a red seal sit at 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.