Author: Onchi KÅ�shirÅ� æ�©åoe°å­�四郎, artist and Maeda SekibÅ� å‰�田夕暮, poet
Title: Shinshå� Fuji - Kashå« æ–°é Oeå¯Oe士 æ­Oe集 [New Praise, Fuji - Collection of Poetry]
Description: ShinshÅ� Fuji - KashÅ« æ–°é Oeå¯Oe士 æ­Oe集 [New Praise, Fuji - Collection of Poetry] Onchi KÅ�shirÅ� æ�©åoe°å­�四郎, artist and Maeda SekibÅ� å‰�田夕暮, poet Tokyo Fugaku Honsha å¯Oeå²³æoe¬ç¤¾ ShÅ�wa 21 [1946] 28.7 x 20 cm volume bound western style with fukuro "pocket" pages, opens Japanese style. Blue patterned wrappers with a white, centered title slip in a dust wrapper depicting Fuji which is also a print designed by Onchi. 2 page foreword with 37 pages of poetry in Japanese text, [2] full-page color woodcuts designed by Onchi and [1] tipped-in page of printed calligraphy. Text has a blue border. Printed colophon tipped in with a laid-in color ex libris. The accomplishments of Onchi KÅ�shirÅ� æ�©åoe°å­�四郎 (1891-1955) throughout the first half of the 20th century extend far beyond his eminence as a printmaker. He was an innovator who domesticated the ideas and ideals of abstraction and "creative printmaking" in Japan when still in art school. From the very beginning of his life in the arts he was the center and focus of the Creative Print Movement (SÅ�saku Hanga 創ä½oe版画), surrounding himself with fellow artists who took inspiration from his dedication to the cause of self-expression. Onchi's designs are lovely; one imagines Mt. Fuji as red, the other portrays the mountain as blue and white. Minimal toning, good condition. [See Hillier Vol. 2, p 1022]. .

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