Egret in the Rain by Ohara Koson, 1925 Size:28x40in (70x100cm) 2nd Street

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Egret in the Rain by Ohara Koson, 1925 Size:28x40in (70x100cm) 2nd StreetEgret in the Rain by Ohara Koson is a quietly luminous Japanese woodblock print from the shin hanga era, first published around 1925. A solitary white egret stands in a curtain of rain, its snowy plumage gleaming against a deep blue night. Kosoncelebrated for his refined bird and flower subjectsmelds traditional ukiyo e sensitivity with modern natural observation to create a scene that feels both timeless and immediate: the hush after a downpour, the