Ohara Koson: career timeline

Japanese · 1877–1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 7 of 26 lots (27% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Ohara Koson: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1920s	2	2	$305Sign up	Woodcut / linocut
1930s	5	5	$205Sign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $305Sign up
Average: $305Sign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 10 in (37 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (2)
Subjects: —

1926 Rândunele și ramuri de glicină$226Sign up
1929 Nanteen Bush and Flycatcher in Snow$384Sign up

1930s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $205Sign up
Average: $231Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 9.5 in (38 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Woodcut / linocut (2)
Subjects: Birds (1)

c. 1930 Two Birds of Paradise on Branch$150Sign up
1930 Kaczki, Japonia, okres Showa, ok. 1930 r.$205Sign up
1930 Sikorka na gałęzi, Japonia, okres Showa, ok. 1930 r.$348Sign up
1930 Sikorka na gałęzi, Japonia, okres Showa (1926-1989), ok. 1930 r.$280Sign up
c. 1931 Chrysanthemums and Running Water ("Kikura ni Ryusui")$170Sign up

Creation date not recorded

19 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $160Sign up
Average: $160Sign up
Typical size: 14 × 8 in (36 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

sold 2007 "Two Birds and Bamboo"$160Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 10 works

Sold: 9 of 10
Median: $120Sign up
Average: $175Sign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 9 in (34 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (5), Print (other) (4), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1), Birds (1)

sold 2012 Night Hawk$110Sign up
sold 2014 Geese woodcut x 23.5cm$385Sign up
sold 2016 Two Birds Under the Moon$100Sign up
sold 2016 Flying Pheasant$70Sign up
sold 2017 "Crow on Branch"$300Sign up
sold 2017 Chrysanthemum$70Sign up

Show 4 more (2010s)

sold 2017 Swan$120Sign up
sold 2019 Oosterse vogel$171Sign up
sold 2019 Oosterse vogelUnsold
sold 2019 Roofvogel$247Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $284Sign up
Average: $304Sign up
Typical size: 14 × 9.5 in (36 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (8)
Subjects: Birds (2), Sunsets & night (1), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2020 Monkey on Tree Branch and Night Flight$225Sign up
sold 2022 Cockatoo and Pomegranate$284Sign up
sold 2022 Two Macaws$200Sign up
sold 2023 ' W 6'Result not published
sold 2024 Untitled$375Sign up
sold 2024 Myna on Magnolia Branch$140Sign up

Show 2 more (2020s)

sold 2024 Crow on Snowy Branch$531Sign up
sold 2026 Six Geese$375Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Ohara Koson auction results →