Woodblock crows

[futurejake]

My very first post on cohost was a rechost on 01 Dec 2022 from the account public domain lover (publicdomaintreasures), who, as the name suggests, posted interesting public domain images. As far as I know, they haven't started up the account anywhere else, but you can check out their personal collection of images on their website.

These are woodblock prints by kachō-e artist Ohara Koson. According to Ronin Gallery, the first print is from around 1910, and the second is from around 1912.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Yay! I appreciate you taking the time to share it. Bird art is so beautiful.

One time at an art fair, I saw a Chinese-American man who had done the traditional style of Chinese watercolor art -- but with American birds, animals, and plants! So cardinals instead of cranes, etc. It was so beautiful and such a perfect merger of cultures.

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[futurejake]

That sounds awesome!