OHARA KOSON (1877-1945) MEIJI OR TAISHO, 20TH CENTURY A Japanese woodblock print entitled `Magpie on a branch`, the elegant bird with a long tail and perched on a leafy branch, its head turned to the left; signed Koson, with the artist`s seal mark and with the Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) publisher`s seal, otanzaku ban, 35cm x 18.5cm. Provenance: from the private collection of a British artist, formed in the 1990s.