Ohara Shoson: Japanese Prints The great Kant? earthquake and ensuing fire in 1923 crippled Japans woodblock print industry. Publisher Watanabe Sh?zabur? quickly reopened, rebuilding his business with some of the finest artists of the shin hanga, or new prints, movement, among them Ohara Sh?son. He painted landscapes and depicted the Russo-Japanese War, but Sh?sons bird-and-flower works, kacho-e, established him as a master of Japanese nature prints. Inside message: Seasons Greetings Contains five each of four different designs by Ohara Shoson originally published between 1926-1935. Printed on recycled paper Twenty assorted 5 x 7 in. holiday cards (5 each of 4 designs) with envelopes in a decorative box.