UMI NO DOWA

1934. [SOSAKU HANGA] ONCHI, Koshiro, artist & author. UMI NO DOWA. Tokyo: Hanga-so, Showa 9 [1934]. Self-wrappers, with Onchi's text and accompanying 6 polychrome woodblock prints, the blocks of which were carved by him. Each print is a vortex of images with the female form as visual pivot. Onchi and his work need no introduction - he is considered the most important Japanese printmaker of the mid-Century and one of the most innovative and creative of all time. As a leader of the Sosaku Hanga Creative Print movement, he guided the development of many of the dominant figures of post-war art until his premature death in the 1950's. UMI NO DOWA is a (truncated) remarkable work. This copy has scarcely any of the usual foxing. Though it has been read, it is very lovely copy of an important book. (Inventory #: 91248)