Koshiro ONCHI |
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Born in Tokyo in 1891, Onchi was influenced by Yumeji Takehisa's works. He studied oil painting and sculpture at the Tokyo School of Art but left the school before graduation. Onchi published the short-lived journal of art and poetry, "Tsukuhae," together with Shizuo Fujimori and Kyosuke Tanaka in 1914. In 1917, he provided illustrations for an anthology of poetry by Sakutaro Hagiwara, "Bark at moon." |
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In 1928, the book design for "Hakushu Kitahara Complete Works" established him as a leading book designer in Japan. He left a major mark on Japanese art history as a pioneer of abstract art and a leader of artistic printmaking in Japan. Onchi also published excellent illustrated books such as "Voluptuous flight," "A fairy tale of the sea," "A book of natural history" and "Insects, Fishes and shells." He died at the age of 63 in 1955. |
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 "Scenes of Last Tokyo" 1945 Woodblock print (Set of 15 prints) Publisher: Fugaku Publishing Artists: ONCHI Koshiro, HIRATSUKA Unichi, YAMAGUCHI Gen, KAWAKAMI Sumio, MAEDA Masao, SAITO Kiyoshi, SEKINO Jyunichiro, AZECHI Umetaro, MAEKAWA Senpan |
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 "Apparition of the Sea" 1945 Woodblock print Image size: 24.0×23.3cm Sheet size: 25.0×24.0cm |
 "Composition" 1953 Lithograph Image size: 44.0×28.0cm Sheet size: 51.0×39.5cm Ed.20 Signed *Raisonne No.403 (Keisho-sha) |
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 "Title lost" 1936 Color pencil on paper Front Image size: 25.0×19.5cm Rear Image size: 26.5×22.0cm Sheet size: 27.7×24.3cm *Another image on the back |
 "Title lost (Author with strict character)" 1915 Conte on Paper 17.0x15.0cm |
 "Lyrique: Thankful Tear for Merciful Affection" 1915 Multiblock print Image size: 13.8x9.5cm Frame size: 24.8x17.8cm From "Tsukuhae VI" SOLD |
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 From "100 New Views of Tokyo" "In Takebashi" 1932 Woodblock Image size: 18.0x24.0cm Sheet size: 20.0x26.0cm Signed ※Not listed in "Koshiro Onchi Woodblock Print Collection" (1975) |
 "Zoo in Early Autumn" 1929 Woodblock Image size: 18.3x24.2cm Sheet size: 20.5x26.8cm Signed |
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 "Chinese scenery" 1939 Watercolor 18.0x23.5cm Certificate by Kunio ONCHI attached |
 "Trivial Romance" 1949 Woodblock print（self carved） Image size：26.5×20.5cm Sheet size：37.5×27.7cm Stamp signed ＊In the catalogue『Ichimoku-shu Ⅴ』 |
 "Title lost" 1918 (Printed later by Kunio ONCHI (1999)) Woodblock Image size: 12.0×8.2cm Shhet size: 19.8×13.9cm P.P. Embossed "KUNIO ONCHI" on the bottom right. Stickered by Onchi Modelling Studio |
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 "White Flower" 1943 Woodblock, Multicolor 37.0x26.0cm *Raisonne No.229 (Keisho-sha) |
 "Pipe (tentative)" Woodblock 14.1x6.8cm |
 "Bathing" 1929 Woodblock, Multicolor Image size: 21.4x14.8cm Sheet size: 21.4×14.8cm *Raisonne No.125 (Keisho-sha) |
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 "Insects" 1935 Woodblock 36.0x31.0cm *Raisonne No.176 (Keisho-sha) |
 "April" 1925 Woodblock 17.8x19.3cm |
 "Tree trunks and blue sky" 1930 Woodblock 13.0x18.6cm |
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 "Flower" 1928 Woodblock (Colored) 16.0x11.0cm Signed on print |
 "Bath Room in the Moning" 1928 Woodblock (Colored) 21.0x14.0cm |
 "Poème Winter" 1953 Lithograph Work size: 43.0x28.0cm Frame size: 67.0x51.8cm Ed.20 Signed and numbered by the artist *Raisonne No.402 (Keisho-sha) SOLD |
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 "Lyrique: I believe" 1932 Woodblock 19.8x12.2cm Ed.500 *Raisonne No.150 (Keisho-sha) Included in the first issue of the printing magazine "Hangeijyutsu (Print Art)", published in April 1932. |
 "Title unknown" c.1917 Woodblock 23.7x20.7cm *Not in raisonne by Keisho-sha. Similar to No.74 "Still Life" hence thought to be made around 1917. |
 "Work" Woodblock Image size: 11.0x10.0cm Frame size: 43.8x36.2cm |
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 "Human Figure: Girl" from 1925 (Printed later) Woodblock 18.9x13.1cm |
 "Allegory No.2 Ruin" 1948 (Printed later by Kunio ONCHI) Woodblock, Multicolor Image size: 43.0x36.0cm Sheet size: 51.2x41.3cm Ed.20 *Raisonne No.292 (Keisho-sha) |
 "Lyrique No.2: Lyrique on Musical Thems: Debussy, "Poisson d'or"" 1933 (Printed later by Kouichi HIRAI) Woodblock 34.0x23.0cm Stamp signed *Raisonne No.156 (Keisho-sha) SOLD |
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 "Impression of a Violinist" (Portrait of Nejiko SUWA) 1946 (Printed later by Kouichi HIRAI) Woodblock 41.3x32.8cm Stamped *Raisonne No.242 (Keisho-sha) SOLD |
 "Poème No.22 A Leaf and Clouds" 1953 (Printed later by Kouichi HIRAI) Multi block print Image size: 45.0x35.0cm Frame size: 63.5x55.5cm Stamp signed *Raisonne No.401 (Keisho-sha) |
 "Composition No.2 Character" 1949 (Printed in 1968 by Kouichi HIRAI) Woodblock Work size: 34.2x26.7cm Frame size: 52.5x41.0cm Stamp signed Sticker labeled "Print: Koichi HIRAI" (in Japanese) on the back *Raisonne No.314 (Keisho-sha) SOLD |
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 "Mother and Child" 1917 (Printed later by Kouichi HIRAI) Woodblock 29.0x24.0cm Stamp signed *Raisonne No.72 (Keisho-sha) |
 "Title lost" Printed later Woodblock 8.5x6.7cm Ed.300 Signed *Raisonne No.423 (Keisho-sha) |
 "Poème No.15 Past" 1950 (Printed later by Kouichi HIRAI) Woodblock 42.1x32.3cm *Raisonne No.340 (Keisho-sha) SOLD |
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 "A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year" 1945 Offset 8.9x13.8cm |
 "Image No. 2: Weisse Blume" 1946 (printed later) Woodblock Image size: 28.0x17.5cm Frame size: 62.3x47.0cm Ed. 65 Stamp signed |
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 "Poème No.8 Season of Butterfly" 1948 (Printed later by Kunio ONCHI) Multiblock, Multicolor Image size: 36.4x28.7cm Sheet size: 43.4x31.4cm Ed.20 Stamped in front, Signed by Kunio ONCHI on back *Raisonne No.297 (Keisho-sha) SOLD |
 "Poème No.7 Landscape of May" 1948 (Printed later) Woodblock, Multicolor Image size: 32.5x44.8cm Sheet size: 39.3x48.8cm Stamped *Raisonne No.296 (Keisho-sha) SOLD |
 "Tokyo Station from "Scenes of Lost Tokyo"" 1946 Woodblock 24.5x18.4cm *Raisonne No.247 (Keisho-sha) SOLD |
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 "Image Vol.3 (b) Red Flower" 1946 Woodblock, Multicolor Image size: 34.5x26.5cm Sheet size: 37.2x30.5cm *Raisonne No.257 (Keisho-sha) SOLD |
 "Lyrique No.2: Lyrique on Musical Thems: Ravel, "Morning song of a Pierrot"" 1933 (Printed later) Woodblock 27.0x16.5cm SOLD |
 "Lyrique: Enlightening Moment" 1915 (Printed later) Woodblock Image size: 13.3x9.7cm SOLD |
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 "Title lost" 1915 Pen on paper 18.1x13.0cm Certificate by Kunio ONCHI attached SOLD |
 "Title lost" (Dance-Salome by Richard Strauss) 1917 Sketch (Watercolor, Pencil) 16.0x12.0cm *Exhibited in 1994 at "Koshiro ONCHI Exhibition" (Yokohama Museum of Art) SOLD |
 "William Hartnett" 1948 Pencil on Paper Image size: 21.0x15.0cm Frame size: 40.0x31.0cm Pencil image on reverse side Certificate by Kunio ONCHI attached SOLD |
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