1937. Kitasono Katue 北園克衛, poet & Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist. Shishû 詩集 Natsu No Tegami 夏の手紙. . Tôkyô, Aoi Shobô, Shôwa 12 [1937] Folio, 30.0 X 22.0 cm, #11 of 200 copies printed. The binding, the typography, the illustrations, all combine as a fluid visual container for Kitasono's brilliant..... More

1946. ONCHI Koshiro. Shikashu Anthology of Contemporary Japan NIHON NO HANA FLOWERS OF JAPAN. Tokyo: Hongakusha, Showa 21 [1946]. Another Hongakusha work, this one is edited by Onchi Koshiro, and many of the lovely woodcut textual illustrations are by him as well. Other artists include the important Creative Print movement..... More

1919. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎. [Abstract Oil Painting]. Oil painting approx 41 x 32 cm in image size, an abstract(ish) still life with an apple, done while Onchi was quite young in about 1919. It is signed by him and is quite unusual in its embrace of abstraction (with a hint..... More

1952. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎. Hon no Bijutsu 本の美術. 1952. Large 8vo., 135pp., hand- bound By Sei-ensô in decorated leather. This is one of only 5 copies so bound of the entire edition of 1500 copies. Illustrated mostly in b+w, but with color plates. This is Onchi's seminal work on book..... More

1953. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎. LOVING SERVICE SEAL HANGA. 28.3 X 21.2 CM. Tokyo: The Central Community Chest of Japan, Inc., (1953). The front and back covers of this pamphlet are color woodblock prints by Onchi. There is a text folder inside by Onchi enclosing 10 small woodblock print seals by..... More

Post WWII. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist. A Framed Collection of Woodcut Illustrations. After the war, Onchi Kôshiro created a series of woodcut illustrations for a project involving the publication of a revamped classroom curriculum for Japanese students in the post-war era. For whatever reason, those designs do not appear to..... More

Shinshō Fuji - Kashū 新頌富士 歌集 [New Praise, Fuji - Collection of Poetry] Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, artist and Maeda Sekibō 前田夕暮, poet Tokyo Fugaku Honsha 富岳本社 Shōwa 21 [1946] 28.7 x 20 cm volume bound western style with fukuro “pocket” pages, opens Japanese style. Blue patterned wrappers with a...... More

[Woodblock Print Calendar for 1937 - 12 sheets] Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, Kawakami Sumio 川上澄生, Maekawa Senpan 前村千帆 et al, artists [Nihon Hanga Kyōkai 日本版画協会 Japan Print Association] n.p. Shōwa 12 昭和12年 1937 12 sheets 24.7 x 12.6cm each illustrating one month of the year Shōwa 12 昭和12年, 1937 in..... More

1951. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎. Drawing - Gekkan Kyōto Mag 月刊京都. An original drawing and magazine printer's proof page, tipped onto a single sheet, 27.4 x 19.2 cm., along with a xerox of the illustration and article as printed in the magazine in 1951. The article was entitled "HAHA NO TERYÔRI"..... More

1947. ONCHI Koshiro, artist; Inoue Yasufumi, poet. Shishu UME. Fugaku Honsha, Showa 22 [1947]. #64 of 600cc, signed by Inoue, the author. 8vo, printed decorative wrappers, book designed by Onchi Koshiro, frontispiece a woodcut designed by Onchi, as well. [Onchi Raissonne, #281, "Portrait of a Poet (Inner Image)"]. In very..... More

1927. ONCHI Koushirou 恩地孝四郎, binding design... NIHON JIDOU BUNKO 日本児童文庫　[JAPANESE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY] 76 volumes, complete. Searching for a concise introduction to this set, I found a wonderful little essay written by the owner of the UMINEKO book shop in Japan. He was remarking on the exhibition of art bindings..... More

1942. ONCHI Koshiro. HAKUBUTSUSHI Zuihitsu Shashin. Tokyo, Genkosha, Showa 17 [1942], 1 of 1500cc, Cloth, printed in silver ink, 27.0 x 19.4 cm. Very unusual work by Onchi, combining his written thought on natural forms with reproductions of his photography (depicting plants, insects, animals). An interesting and scarce title, this..... More

1943. OZAKI Kohachi, author. Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎. Komakusa こまくさ. Tôkyô,Shôwa 18 [1943]. Single sheet, 29.2 x 34.3 cm. Meant to fold in fourths as a simple species of "book" during the wartime shortage of paper. The lightly colored woodblock print by Onchi is some 11.0 x 15.4 cm. It was..... More