Pheasant
Pheasant
Artist
Creation date
about 1920s
Materials
color woodblock print
Dimensions
9 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Credit line
Gift in memory of Charles C. Kryter
Accession number
45.56
Collection
Not Currently On View
雉図
Koson was the foremost designer of bird-and-flower prints (kachō-e) from 1900 on. The American Ernest Fenollosa (1853-1908) persuaded Koson to send his prints to the United States, and much of his work was for export. Eventually his prints also found favor in Japan.
