About This Print
A posthumous printing, printed by Yoneda Minoru, likely under the auspices of the artist's family.1 The print originally appeared in issue VI of the small print and poetry magazine Tsukuhae (Moonglow), created by Onchi Koshiro (1891-1955), Shizuo Fujimori (1891-1943) and Tanaka Kyokichi (1892-1915)."Throughout his working life, Onchi produced many works entitled 'Lyric'. In these works he explored the characteristics of woodcut searching for a union of poetry and visual art."
1 After the artist's death the family authorized "memorial editions" from the printer Kôichi Hirai and, possibly, other printers, such as Yoneda.
1 After the artist's death the family authorized "memorial editions" from the printer Kôichi Hirai and, possibly, other printers, such as Yoneda.
2 Art Gallery of New South Wales http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/82.2000/
Note image is shown in black and white but the original was multi-colored as can be seen on the right
left to right: catalog raisonee image in b/w - as issued in Tsukuhae - posthumous printing
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Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1118 |
| Title | The Truth Only Shines Over 真実ひとり輝きめぐる |
| Series | Lyrique (Lyric) 抒情 |
| Artist | Onchi Kōshirō (1891-1955) |
| Signature | onzi (printed in lower right margin beneath image) |
| Seal | K seal |
| Date | originally 1915 by the artist in the magazine Tsukuhae 月映 (Moonglow) issue VI; this impression c. 1975 |
| Edition | c. 1975. Print 10 of 55. It is likely that re-carved blocks were used for this edition. |
| Publisher | unknown (possibly by the Onchi estate.) |
| Printer | Yoneda Minoru ("PRINTER. M. Yoneda." embossed on bottom margin of print.) |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | possibly authorized by family, as in earlier reprints by Harai. |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (34.9 cm x 24.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | 6 3/16 x 4 7/16 in. (15.7 cm x 11.3 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto P01091-006 |
| Reference Literature | Prints of Onchi Koshiro, Keishosha Ltd., 1975. (a limited edition of 170 copies), p.254, fig. 50. |
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