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Ohara Shoson, artist
Japanese, 1877 - 1945
Harvest Fox Spirit (messenger of Inari, god of the crops), 19th - 20th century
Color woodcut kakemono
36 x 18.6 cm (sheet)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts purchase, Georges de Batz Collection 1967.17.195

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Artist Biography: Ohara Matao. Go= Koson (before 1911), Shoson (after 1911). Painter, printmaker, taught at Tokyo School of Fine Arts, adviser to Tokyo National Museum. Changed his go about 1911 from Koson to Shoson, and for many years only painted. Returned to prints about 1926.