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White Herons in the Moonlight
White Herons in the Moonlight
White Herons in the Moonlight
Photograph and Ditital Image © Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Not for reproduction or publication.
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Object number1996/7.8

White Herons in the Moonlight

Artist (Japanese, 1877-1945)
Date1926
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensionsimage: 14 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (35.9 × 24.1 cm)
sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (39.4 × 26 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Hawk
Exhibition History"Fish to Fowl: Animals in Art," KIA Long Gallery (Sept. 1 - Nov. 12, 2006). "The Arts of China and Japan: Selections from the Collection," KIA Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Dec. 15, 2012 - June 9, 2013). "Impressions: Printmaking in Japan," Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Apr. 1 - July 23, 2017).Label TextShoson Ohara was an artist with the shin-hanga movement, which aimed to revitalize the traditional printmaking industry in the early 20th century. He designed relatively traditional images that were carved and printed by collaborators in Shozaburo Watanabe's publishing house. Ohara specialized in scenes of birds and animals rather than images of Japanese culture. He may have felt a special affinity for nature, or Watanabe may have requested nature scenes to appeal to certain foreign audiences.