Lyrically rebellious : the prints of onchi kōshirō / [curator], Stephen Francis Salel ; with an additional essay by Kuwahara Noriko; [contributors]: Lesa Miyoko Griffith, Sati Benes Chock, Chiaki Ajioka, Elias Martin, Honolulu Museum of Art, Robert F. Lange Foundation, Scott Kubo, Bob Aufuldish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Onchi, Kōshirō, 1891-1955, artist.

Salel, Stephen Francis, 1969- author.

Contributor:

Griffith, Lesa Miyoko, 1963- editor.

Chock, Sat Benes, 1971- editor.

Kuwahara, Noriko, writer of additional commentary.

Ajioka, Chiaki, translator.

Martin, Elias, 1975- editor.

Ajioka, Chiaki, other.

Aufuldish, Bob, other.

Young, Edith Augusta, 1950- editor.

Honolulu Museum of Art, issuing body, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Onchi, Kōshirō, 1891-1955--Exhibitions.

Onchi, Kōshirō.

Prints--Japan--Technique--20th century--Exhibitions.

Prints.

Wood-engraving--Japan--Technique--20th century--Exhibitions.

Wood-engraving.

Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, Modern.

Prints--Japan--Technique--20th century.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

107 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : Honolulu Museum of Art, 2025.

Summary:

"This text is a catalogue for the exhibition Lyrically Rebellious: The Prints of Onchi Kōshirō (August 23, 2025-April 12, 2026) at the Honolulu Museum of Art. This exhibition commemorates the 70th anniversary of the passing of Onchi Kōshirō (1891-1955), the de facto leader of the creative print movement and one of Japan's first abstract artists. Over the course of his career, which coincided with the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), the Pacific War (1941-1945), and the Postwar Allied Occupation (1945-1952), Onchi invented an entire visual language to not only reinterpret traditional genres of realist art such as portraiture, landscapes, and still lifes, but also to illustrate non-visual concepts such as music, poetry, and the spectrum of human emotions. Thanks to the enthusiasm and generosity of American patrons, such as James Michener (1907-1997), Oliver Statler (1915-2002), and Philip Roach, Jr. (1925-2016), many of those works entered the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, which is now recognized as the largest public assemblage of artwork by Onchi outside of Japan. This exhibition and catalogue offer a long-overdue retrospective of Onchi's career in the hopes that his contributions to Japanese art history will be more fully understood and appreciated"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 106)

ISBN:

9780937426975

0937426970

OCLC:

1534239344