{"product_id":"onchi-koshiro_exhibition-2016","title":"Onchi Kōshirō Exhibition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a catalog for a large-scale retrospective exhibition held in 2016, tracing the work of Kōshirō Onchi. Published in conjunction with the exhibition that toured the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, it covers his cross-disciplinary activities, focusing on woodblock prints but also including oil paintings, watercolors and drawings, photographs, and book designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalog traces his work from \u003cem\u003eTsukihaye\u003c\/em\u003e, a coterie magazine of woodblock prints and poetry that he co-founded with Kyōkichi Tanaka and Shizuo Fujimori in 1914, to his early \"lyrical\" works, compositional human figures, \"lyrical works based on music,\" realistic portraits and still lifes, and post-war abstract prints. It reveals the breadth of Onchi's creative output, showing that he did not move directly to abstract expression but explored the possibilities of printmaking by working in both abstract and figurative styles in parallel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exhibition featured approximately 250 prints, including about 60 important works housed in major overseas museums, as well as 11 oil paintings, 27 watercolors and drawings, 20 photographs, and 79 book designs. Onchi, who created over 1,000 book designs in his lifetime and also wrote poetry, is presented not merely as a printmaker but as an artist who traversed images, words, and design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 369-page volume contains reproductions of works, materials, and essays, including Toru Matsumoto's \"The Path to Abstraction: Kōshirō Onchi's Prints.\" This catalog collectively traces Kōshirō Onchi's prints, abstract expression, photography, and book and graphic designs from the Taishō period's \u003cem\u003eTsukihaye\u003c\/em\u003e to the post-war Shōwa period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Title] Kōshirō Onchi Exhibition\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama\u003cbr\u003e[Date of Publication] 2016\u003cbr\u003e[Number of Pages] 369 pages\u003cbr\u003e[Size] approx. 205 x 246 x 34 mm \/ 1232g\u003cbr\u003e[Format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e[Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e[Title Reading] ONCHI KOUSHIRŌ TEN\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor] The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama \/ Editorial, Toru Matsumoto, Tsukasa Kumada, Noriko Kuwabara, Tetsuo Miki, Yoshiko Inoue, Manami Fujimoto, Ichiro Okumura, Kanae Aoki \/ Text, Toshiyuki Bamen \/ Design\u003cbr\u003e[Printing and Binding] Toppan Printing \/ Printing and Binding\u003cbr\u003e[Production] Cogito\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 9784907102203\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used [7] Very Good\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] Errata sheet\u003cbr\u003e[Featured In] -\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibitions] \"Kōshirō Onchi Exhibition\" The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo January 13 – February 28, 2016 \/ The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama April 29 – June 12, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKōshirō Onchi (1891–1955)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Tokyo in 1891. Printmaker, book designer, photographer, poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his teens, he privately studied under Yumeji Takehisa. In 1914, he co-founded \u003cem\u003eTsukihaye\u003c\/em\u003e, a coterie magazine of woodblock prints and poetry, with Kyōkichi Tanaka and Shizuo Fujimori, who were attending Tokyo School of Fine Arts. His works published in the magazine, including \"Lyricism 'Bright Time',\" are known as early examples of abstract expression in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the 1920s onwards, while producing works that compositionally capture the human body and the \"Lyrical Works based on Music\" series, he also engaged in figurative prints depicting figures, landscapes, and still lifes. His activities were diverse, encompassing not only woodblock prints but also oil paintings, watercolors and drawings, photographs, and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also created over 1,000 book designs in his lifetime, engaging in \"publishing creation\" that combined images, words, and design. After the war, he primarily focused on abstract prints, and many of his works are housed in museums and private collections overseas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eKyōkichi Tanaka\u003cbr\u003eShizuo Fujimori\u003cbr\u003eYumeji Takehisa\u003cbr\u003eSakutarō Hagiwara\u003cbr\u003eToru Matsumoto\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"おんちこうしろう｜恩地孝四郎 \/ ONCHI Koshiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44681603579946,"sku":null,"price":3700.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/onchi-koshiro_exhibition-2016_01.jpg?v=1786342129","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.pro\/en\/products\/onchi-koshiro_exhibition-2016","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}