Two White-fronted Geese in a Snowy Landscape
c. 1900–1930 · Colour woodblock print (publisher Matsuki Heikichi) · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The whole print, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Ohara Koson (1877–1945)
- Year
- c. 1900–1930
- Medium
- Colour woodblock print (publisher Matsuki Heikichi)
- Original size
- 34.5 × 18.9 cm
- Collection
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Movement
- Shin-hanga
Two white-fronted geese drop down past a stem of snow-laden reeds towards a frozen marsh, necks stretched and wings half open. Their grey-brown plumage is printed in fine, soft gradations, and the white patch at the base of each bill is clearly marked. The background is a plain, misty grey that pales towards the snowy ground at the foot of the sheet. Ohara Koson designed many prints of birds, flowers and animals in the early twentieth century, much of his work aimed at buyers in Europe and America. This one was issued by the Tokyo publisher Matsuki Heikichi. Koson signed it with his name and seal at the lower left. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam holds this impression and dates it to between about 1900 and 1930.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Two grey-brown geese against misty grey and snowy white, on a tall narrow sheet. Hang it in a hallway or bedroom with Audubon's White-fronted Goose or Koson's Sandpiper Among Reeds in Snow, in a black frame.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Shin-hanga painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1900–1930)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from a scan of the original print, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
