Water Squeaker by Ohara Koson, 1900 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) With its streamlined ship cutting

With its streamlined ship cutting across stylized sea and sky

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The Old Map of Carlow by Samuel Lewis

Vysoké Mýto

The map shows a compass rose

Water Squeaker by Ohara Koson, 1900 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) With its streamlined ship cuttingWater Squeaker by Ohara Koson (18771945) is a lyrical Japanese woodblock print from around 1900 that distills the grace of a solitary water bird into a quiet moment of stillness. A leading figure of the shin hanga movement and heir to the ukiyo e tradition, Koson was revered for his birds and flowers prints (kach ga), where refined observation and elegant restraint meet. Here, a rounded, long legged wader steps through rippling grasses, the scene