Koshiro Onchi (1891-1955)

The fourth son of Onchi Tetsuo, Koshiro Onchi was born in Tokyo. He learned calligraphy from his father; a tutor of three young princes who were to marry the Emperor Meiji's daughters. He first studied oil painting and sculpture at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and in 1913 formed a print and poetry magazine Tsukubae to which he contributed numerous abstract prints. In 1917, Onchi published his first collection of prints and in 1919 participated in the first Nihon Sosaku-Hanga Kyokai exhibition. Through the years he was active promoting print-making as a legitimate expressive and creative medium, not merely a means of reproduction. He established a great reputation as a book designer, as well as a printmaker, personally designing over 1000 books for publication. Active in progressive art organizations, Onchi was a major force in the Sosaku-Hanga movement and the foremost abstract print artist of his day.

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18th & 19th C. Artists:				Hiroshige Chikanobu Eisen Eizan Gakutei Hirosada Hiroshige II Hokusai Kunichika Kunisada Kuniyoshi Kyosai (Gyosai) Shunsho Toyokuni I Toyokuni III Yoshitoshi
20th C. Artists:				Bertha Lum Charles Bartlett Chiura Obata Clifton Karhu Cyrus Leroy Baldridge Elizabeth Keith Hajime Namiki Haku Maki Hashiguchi Goyo Helen Hyde Hiroshi Yoshida Ito Shinsui Joichi Hoshi Katsunori Hamanishi Kawase Hasui Kawase Hasui   (Posthumous) Kiyoshi Saito Koshiro Onchi Ohara Shoson   (Koson) Paul Jacoulet Ryohei Tanaka Sadao Watanabe Shigeki Kuroda Shinichi Nakazawa Shiro Kasamatsu Yamamoto Shoun Sugiura Tadashi Nakayama Takahashi Hiroaki   (Shotei) Toko Shinoda Tomoo Inagaki Toraji Ishikawa Torii Kotondo Toshi Yoshida Tsuchiya Koitsu Tsuruya Kokei Umetaro Azechi Unichi Hiratsuka Yoshitoshi Mori Yuji Hiratsuka
China Trade:				Auguste Borget Chinese School Edward Hildebrandt Thomas Allom William Alexander
Modern Originals:				Carol Jessen
Natural History:				J. James Audubon Mark Catesby John Gould
Antique Maps:				Conrad Lotter Gilles Robert Gerard de Jode Henricus Hondius Jan Huygen John Tallis Matthaeus Seutter Nicolas Sanson

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