OHARA KOSON (1877-1945) TAISHO ERA, 20TH CENTURY Two Japanese woodblock prints depicting birds, the first of sandpipers by reeds on a shoreline, a crescent moon above, the other of two pigeons on a branch of ginkgo tree; both published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) c.1912, both naga oban, approx. 50cm x 21.8cm. (2) Provenance: from the private collection of a British artist, formed in the 1990s.