Koshiro Onchi

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Nihubashi, 1945

Woodblock Print  
7.25 x 9.5 in

Description: From a portfolio of fifteen prints created by nine artists [all members of Nippon Hanga Kiy?kai (the Japan Print Association)].A coded message within the descriptive folio was composed shortly after the surrender of the Japanese in August 1945, by the leading sosaku hanga (creative print) artist Onchi Koshiro (1891-1955), was a hope for the retention of some of the imperial institutions in the remaking of Japan.

Issued: 1945

Edition:

Condition: excellent color state and condition.Traces of residue top corners verso

Series:Scenes of Lost Tokyo