Starlings in the Rain by Ohara Koson, 1900 thrace The cartouches on the map

The cartouches on the map provide valuable historical context

but in the networks that sustained it

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

Hampshire: Aldershot

large prints of this map up to 100 inches (250cm)

Starlings in the Rain by Ohara Koson, 1900 thrace The cartouches on the mapStarlings 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