# Ohara Shoson - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T15:06:04.480Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 151
- Lots with prices: 112
- First auction date: 2004-03-23
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-21
- Median realised price: $325
- Price range: $20 to $16,500

## Market Takeaway
Ohara Shoson has 151 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $325. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($325\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($170 to $750\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 86.6% (97 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.6% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 1.8% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 4
- Recent 12 months median: $125
- Previous 12 months median: $349
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-21
- Days since latest sale: 44
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Floating World Auctions: 38 lots
- Galerie Zacke: 28 lots
- Eldred's: 26 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 7 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Micky Waue Auktions GmbH: 4 lots
- Clars Auctions: 3 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 3 lots
- Cowan's Auctions: 2 lots
- Kensington Estate Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-18 | Ohara Shoson, signed woodblock print | Millea Bros Ltd | $125
2. 2025-04-08 | Ohara Shoson \(1877\-1945\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $792
3. 2025-04-08 | Ohara Shoson \(1877\-1945\) | John Moran Auctioneers | $792
4. 2024-01-21 | Ohara Shoson \(Japanese, 1877\-1945\) Woodblock Prints | Leonard Auction | $900
5. 2023-12-23 | Ohara Shoson \(Japanese, 1877\-1945\) Woodblock Print Of A Bird With Signature And Seal Mark, c1920 | RB Fine Arts | $60
6. 2023-10-21 | OHARA SHOSON \(JAPANESE, 1877\-1945\) WOODBLOCK PRINT OF A BIRD WITH SIGNATURE AND SEAL MARK, C1920 | RB Fine Arts | N/A
7. 2023-08-31 | Ohara Shoson \(Koson\), Japanese \(1877 \- 1945\), Goldfish / Carp, 2 woodblock coi fish prints, 9 3/4"H x 10"W \(sight, each\), 15"H x 27"W \(frame\) | Ripley Auctions | $120
8. 2022-12-06 | OHARA SHOSON \(Japan, 1877\-1945\), “Sparrow on a Snow\-Covered Berry Bush”., Woodblock print, 10” x 7” sight. Framed 16” x 13”. | Eldred's | $150
9. 2022-12-03 | Ohara Shoson \(Koson\) \(Japanese, 1877\-1945\), Egret on Snow Covered Branch | Leland Little Auctions | $1,700
10. 2022-08-13 | Ohara Shoson woodblock | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | N/A
11. 2021-11-11 | OHARA SHOSON \(KOSON\) | Nagel Auction | €1,200
12. 2021-10-16 | Ohara Shoson \(Japanese, 1877 \- 1944\), Geese flying over snow\-covered reeds, woodblock print on paper, | Huntington Museum of Art | $350
13. 2021-09-23 | OHARA SHOSON \(Japan, 1877\-1945\), "Mandarin Ducks and Snow"., Oban tate\-e woodblock print, 12.5" x 9.25". Unframed. | Eldred's | $150
14. 2021-09-23 | OHARA SHOSON \(Japan, 1877\-1945\), Gulls above crashing waves., Chuban woodblock print, 10" x 7". Unframed. | Eldred's | $100
15. 2021-09-23 | OHARA SHOSON \(Japan, 1877\-1945\), "Wild Geese"., Oban tate\-e woodblock print, 15.25" x 10". Unframed. | Eldred's | $250
16. 2021-09-23 | OHARA SHOSON \(Japan, 1877\-1945\), Wild goose taking flight from a pond near snow\-covered grasses., Chuban woodblock print, 10" x 7". Unframed. | Eldred's | $150
17. 2020-06-27 | Ohara Shoson \(1877\-1945\) and Takahashi Biho \(b. 1873\) | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €1,100
18. 2019-10-28 | Ohara Shoson \(Japanese,1877\-1945\)\-Koson TWO GOLDFISH | Kensington Estate Auctions | $80
19. 2019-10-19 | Ohara Shoson \- Japanese Woodblock Print \- Two Geese Swimming near Reeds | Floating World Auctions | N/A
20. 2019-08-12 | Ohara Shoson \(Japanese, 1877 \- 1945\), "Carp Swimming Around Water\-grass", 1926, color woodblock print on loose paper, published by T... | Winter Associates, Inc. | $175
21. 2019-05-04 | Ohara Shoson \- Japanese Painting \- Blossoms and Full Moon | Floating World Auctions | $2,500
22. 2019-03-22 | OHARA SHOSON \(1877\-1945\) – DEER IN SHALLOW WATER | Galerie Zacke | €650
23. 2019-03-22 | OHARA SHOSON \(1877 \- 1945\) SCHOOL | Galerie Zacke | €100
24. 2019-03-22 | OHARA SHOSON \(1877\-1945\) – TWO HERONS IN THE RAIN | Galerie Zacke | €750

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