Starlings in the Rain by Ohara Koson, 1900 thrace the hand is unmistakably that

the hand is unmistakably that of a skilled Art Deco poster designer

rise across the landscape

These landmarks are all clearly marked on the map

testifying to a confident municipal presence

but in the networks that sustained it

Starlings in the Rain by Ohara Koson, 1900 thrace the hand is unmistakably thatStarlings in the Rain by Ohara Koson (1900) captures a fleeting moment of weather and motion with the quiet intensity for which this master of kach e (bird and flower pictures) is celebrated. A flock of starlings cleaves the damp air as fine rain threads the scene, each bird rendered with elegant, calligraphic linework and soft tonal washes. Associated with the early shin hanga revival of traditional printmaking, Koson distilled the Japanese