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Onchi Kōshirō
Onchi Kōshirō

Onchi Kōshirō

Japanese, 1891-1955
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Kōshirō Onchi, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese print-maker. He was the father of the sōsaku-hanga movement in twentieth century Japan, and a photographer. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Onchi came from an aristocratic family that had close connections with the imperial family. As a child, he received the same kind of education that a prince received. Onchi was trained in both traditional calligraphy and modern western art. After contacts with Takehisa Yumeji in 1909, between 1910 and 1915, he studied oil painting and sculpture at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (東京美術学校, Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō). In 1912, he founded the print and poetry magazine called "Tsukubae".

Onchi was also a book designer in the early days when it was impossible for sōsaku-hanga artists to survive by just doing creative prints. He designed over 1000 books in his career. In 1939, he founded the First Thursday Society (一木会, Ichimokukai), which was crucial to the postwar revival of the sōsaku-hanga movement. The society held artist gatherings once a month in Onchi’s house. Members such as Gen Yamaguchi (1896–1976) and Jun'ichirō Sekino (1914–1988) discussed subjects of prints. The American connoisseurs Ernst Hacker, William Hartnett and Oliver Statler also attended. The First Thursday Collection (一木集, Ichimoku-shū), a collection of prints by members to circulate to each other, was produced in 1944. Through the First Thursday Society, Onchi provided aspiring young artists with resources and comradeship during the war years when resources were scarce and censorship severe. After the war, he emerged as the leader of the sōsaku-hanga movement that flourished in the international art scene.

Onchi's prints range from early representational to postwar abstract prints. As an early advocate of the sōsaku-hanga movement, Onchi believed that artistic creation originates from the self. He was more interested in expressing subjective emotions through abstract prints than in replicating images and forms in the objective world. His prints evoke lyrical and poetic mood.

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Mirror

Mirror (c.1930)

Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891-1955)
Abstract
Impression of a Violinist (Portrait of Suwa Nejiko)

Impression of a Violinist (Portrait of Suwa Nejiko) (1947)

Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891-1955)
Abstract
Schelpen

Schelpen (1950 - 1959)

Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891-1955)
Abstract
Nijūbashi, from the series ‘Recollections of Tokyo’

Nijūbashi, from the series ‘Recollections of Tokyo’ (1945)

Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891-1955)
Asian Art
Tokyo Station, from the series ‘Recollections of Tokyo’

Tokyo Station, from the series ‘Recollections of Tokyo’ (1945)

Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891-1955)
Asian Art
Ueno Zoo, from the series ‘Recollections of Tokyo’

Ueno Zoo, from the series ‘Recollections of Tokyo’ (1945)

Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891-1955)
Asian Art
Nijubashi

Nijubashi (1945)

Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891-1955)
Asian Art
Tokyo Station

Tokyo Station (1945)

Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891-1955)
Asian Art
Ueno Zoo

Ueno Zoo (1945)

Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891-1955)
Asian Art

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