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Koshiro OnchiWW-1950-M104041

1950·Illustrated book with twenty-five woodcuts·page (each): 4 3/16 x 5 3/8" (10.7 x 13.6 cm); overall (closed): 4 13/16 x 5 11/16 x 13/16" (12.2 x 14.5 x 2.1 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1950
Medium: Illustrated book with twenty-five woodcuts
Dimensions: page (each): 4 3/16 x 5 3/8" (10.7 x 13.6 cm); overall (closed): 4 13/16 x 5 11/16 x 13/16" (12.2 x 14.5 x 2.1 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Koshiro Onchi

Artist

Koshiro Onchi

Painting

Koshiro Onchi (1891, 1955) was a Japanese printmaker and painter who pioneered sosaku-hanga, the movement of artist-created woodblock prints that granted makers direct control over design, carving, and printing. Working across ukiyo-e traditions and modernist abstraction, he created boldly graphic compositions that merged Japanese aesthetic heritage with early twentieth-century European influences. His prints and paintings established a distinctly individualized approach to the medium that departed from the commercial workshop system of traditional woodblock production.

Tokyo, Japan

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