{"product_id":"dancing-fox-ohara-koson","title":"Dancing Fox — Ohara Koson","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eAmong the most charming and unusual works in Ohara Koson's catalogue, Dancing Fox depicts a kitsune — the fox spirit of Japanese folklore — standing upright, balanced on its hind legs, a green gourd balanced impossibly on its head. Around it: the subtle suggestion of reeds and water, a muted grey-green atmosphere that turns the scene into something between observation and dream.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eKoson was above all a naturalist — his catalogue is built on herons in snow, cranes at dawn, kingfishers over still water. This image is an exception. The kitsune is not observed: it is imagined. The fox spirit (狐, kitsune) is one of the most complex figures in Japanese mythology — an intelligent shapeshifter, a trickster, a divine messenger of Inari, the Shinto god of harvests. To render it upright, dancing, absurdly balanced with its gourd-hat, is to step into the tradition of Japanese animal caricature — a tradition that runs from Toba-e scroll paintings of the 12th century through Kawanabe Kyōsai's satirical frogs all the way to modern manga.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eWhat makes Dancing Fox extraordinary is that Koson manages to hold both registers at once. The brushwork is as precise and controlled as in his most serious bird-and-flower compositions. The palette — burnt amber, sage green, warm grey — is the same he used for his herons. But the subject is pure play. The fox's expression, caught somewhere between concentration and comic self-importance, is unforgettable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 14.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #1a1a2e;\"\u003eAbout Ohara Koson (1877–1945)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eOhara Koson is the supreme practitioner of kacho-e — the classical Japanese genre of bird-and-flower pictures — in the Shin-hanga era. Working under three successive signatures (Koson, Shōson, Hoson), he produced prints of extraordinary naturalistic precision and tonal restraint, now held in the collections of the Freer Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.), the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and major institutions across Europe and Japan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eOriginal Koson prints from his final Watanabe period (1926–1945) regularly appear at auction, where they command significant prices. His work is increasingly recognised as a bridge between the classical ukiyo-e tradition and the modern fine art print market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 14.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #1a1a2e;\"\u003ePrint Specifications\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"MsoNormalTable\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"624\" style=\"width: 468.0pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm .5pt 0cm .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"187\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 140.0pt; border: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; background: whitesmoke; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; color: #333333;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"437\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 328.0pt; border: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-left: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.5pt;\"\u003eVarious standard sizes — see selector\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"187\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 140.0pt; border: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; background: whitesmoke; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; color: #333333;\"\u003eOriginal artwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"437\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 328.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-right: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.5pt;\"\u003eWoodblock print, c. 1910\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"187\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 140.0pt; border: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; background: whitesmoke; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; color: #333333;\"\u003eArtist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"437\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 328.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-right: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.5pt;\"\u003eOhara Koson (1877–1945)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"187\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 140.0pt; border: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; background: whitesmoke; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; color: #333333;\"\u003ePaper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"437\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 328.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-right: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.5pt;\"\u003ePremium fine art paper, archival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 4;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"187\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 140.0pt; border: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; mso-border-alt: solid #DDDDDD .25pt; background: whitesmoke; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; color: #333333;\"\u003ePrinting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"437\" valign=\"top\" style=\"width: 328.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt; 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