About This Print
A posthumous printing, printed by Yoneda Minoru, intended to be tipped into Onchi's print catalogue raisonné, Onchi Koshiro hangashu 恩地孝四郎版画集 (Prints of Onchi Koshiro).1 The print originally appeared in issue IV of the small print and poetry magazine Tsukuhae (Moonglow), created by Onchi Koshiro (1891-1955), Shizuo Fujimori (1891-1943) and Tanaka Kyokichi (1892-1915) and was reprinted in 1989 by the artist's son, Onchi Kunio, as shown below.1 Six prints, including this print, were created in varying size editions to be tipped into the 670 copies made of the book.
Other Editions and Impressions
Original state appearing in the magazine Tsukuhae | Mie Prefectural Art Museum http://www.bunka.pref.mie.lg.jp/art-museum/da/shozou/detail.asp?authorcd=122&prePageNum=6&mngnum=0001910 作者名 恩地孝四郎 ONCHI Koshiro 制作年 1915年(大正4)年 1989年恩地邦郎摺 1915 (reprinted in 1989) 材料 木版・紙 寸法 15.0×13.6 作品名欧文 Yearning Afterward Note: Print is embossed "PRINTED BY Kunio Onchi" (the artist's son) in lower left corner. |
Print Details
IHL Catalog | #391 |
Title | Yearning Afterward のこるこころ (also known as Yearning After and Thoughts Yearning After) |
Series | |
Artist | Onchi Kōshirō (1891-1955) |
Signature | onzi (printed in lower right margin) |
Seal | |
Date | originally 1915 by the artist in the magazine Tsukuhae (Moonglow) issue Ⅳ; this impression 1975. |
Edition | posthumous, 1975. Print 330 of 380. It is unknown whether this edition used the original woodblocks or re-carved blocks. |
Publisher | Likely Keishosha 形象社, the publisher of Onchi's catalogue raisonné Prints of Onchi Koshiro, Keishosha Ltd., 1975. |
Printer | Yoneda Minoru ("PRINTER. M. Yoneda." embossed on bottom margin of print.) |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | excellent - print is archivally mounted and framed |
Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
Miscellaneous | possibly authorized by family, as in earlier reprints by Harai. |
Format | |
H x W Paper | undetermined (not measured outside of frame) |
H x W Image | 5 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (14.9 cm x 13.7 cm) |
Collections This Print | Mie Prefectural Art Museum; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 01907 |
Reference Literature | Prints of Onchi Kōshirō, Keishosha Ltd., 1975. (a limited edition of 670 copies, including 170 "overseas" copies), frontispiece, p.60, fig. 31. (See discussion above.) |