ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)

SHIJIN NO ZO (SHINSHO ZU) (PORTRAIT OF A POET [IMPRESSION])

Details
ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)
Shijin no zo (Shinsho zu) (Portrait of a poet [Impression])
Woodcut, n.d. [1947], stamped signature Onzi, soiled and creased, minor damages and tape stains on edges
12.1/8 x 9.7/8in. (30.6 x 25.3cm.)
Provenance
Onchi Mioko, the artist's daughter

Lot Essay

For other impressions see Onchi Koshiro hangashu/Prints of Onchi Koshiro (Tokyo: Keishosha, 1975), no. 280, p. 292; Shibuya Shoto Museum, ed., Tokubetsuten: Onchi Koshiro (Special exhibition: Onchi Koshiro) (Tokyo: Shibuya Shoto Museum, 1982), no. 60; Helen Merritt, Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints, The Early Years (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990), p. 194.