Ohara Koson was a Japanese painter who dealt with classical themes of nature in his works and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, shin-hanga movement activist.

In a modernised form of the ukiyo-e style, he created paintings that captured the animal and plant world around him. He was a master of kachō-e, bird-and-flower depictions: cockatoo, crane or crow, they all find a place in his paintings – along with cherry and plum blossoms.

Koson’s painting style includes works like watercolor painting and works like old Japanese painting.