Kingfisher with Lotus Flower - Ohara Koson - Hand Towel

Kingfisher with Lotus Flower - Ohara Koson - Vintage Japanese Bird Art - Hand Towel. This image of the artwork has been carefully digitally enhanced to brighten and improve colors. Kingfisher with Lotus Flower (1900 - 1945) by Ohara Koson (1877-1945). Ohara Koson was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement. Ohara Koson (1877–1945), born in Kanazawa, northern Japan, was one of the foremost Japanese artists of the 20th century. He was renowned for designing beautiful illustration prints of birds and flowers (kacho-e) as part of the Shin-Hanga (new prints) movement.