ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)

KAGAMI (MIRROR), FROM THE SERIES IMAYO FUJIN HATTAI NO UCHI (EIGHT FIGURES OF MODERN WOMEN)

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ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)
Kagami (Mirror), from the series Imayo fujin hattai no uchi (Eight figures of modern women)
Woodcut, 1929, embossed signature and date Ko, 1929 and embossed seal jizuri (self-printed), series title as above embossed on upper right, embossed edition number 12/80
13.7/8 x 10in. (35.2 x 27.4cm.)

Lot Essay

For other impressions see Onchi Koshiro hangashu/Prints of Onchi Koshiro (Tokyo: Keishosha, 1975), no. 171, p. 274; Shibuya Shoto Museum, ed., Tokubetsuten: Onchi Koshiro (Special exhibition: Onchi Koshiro) (Tokyo: Shibuya Shoto Museum, 1982), no. 31; Itabashi Museum, ed., Taisho ki no hanga ten (Exhibition of Taisho-period prints) (Tokyo: Itabashi Museum, 1988), no. 59.