Artist Monograph

Koshiro Onchi, Japanese

Japanese, 1891–1955

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	21	84%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	16%

Range: 13.6 cm → 59.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1954	2
1959	1
1969	3
2012	20
2013	1

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 27 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Family of the Mountain Print Acc. 84.1969	n.d.	Woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Family of the Sea Print Acc. 85.1969	n.d.	Woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 3, recto) from Umi no dowa Illustrated Book Acc. 739.2012.1	1934	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 8 9/16 x 5 15/16" (21.7 x 15.1 cm); page: 11 1/8 x 8 7/16" (28.3 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 4, recto) from Umi no dowa Illustrated Book Acc. 739.2012.2	1934	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 8 11/16 x 5 5/16" (22 x 13.5 cm); page: 11 1/8 x 8 7/16" (28.3 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 5, recto) from Umi no dowa Illustrated Book Acc. 739.2012.3	1934	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 6 5/8 x 5 1/4" (16.9 x 13.4 cm); page: 11 1/8 x 8 7/16" (28.3 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 6, recto) from Umi no dowa Illustrated Book Acc. 739.2012.4	1934	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 7 13/16 x 5 1/8" (19.8 x 13 cm); page: 11 1/8 x 8 7/16" (28.3 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 7, recto) from Umi no dowa Illustrated Book Acc. 739.2012.5	1934	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 7 11/16 x 5 5/16" (19.6 x 13.5 cm); page: 11 1/8 x 8 7/16" (28.3 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 8, recto) from Umi no dowa Illustrated Book Acc. 739.2012.6	1934	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 11 1/8 x 8 7/16" (28.3 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Umi no dowa Illustrated Book Acc. 739.2012.1-6	1934	Illustrated book with six woodcuts	page (each): 11 1/8 x 8 7/16" (28.3 x 21.5 cm); overall (closed): 11 5/16 x 8 11/16 x 1/4" (28.7 x 22 x 0.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Back cover from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.12	1943	Cover (woodcut) from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 10 1/16 x 7 13/16" (25.5 x 19.8 cm); page: 10 9/16 x 8 3/16" (26.8 x 20.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.1-12	1943	Illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	page (each approx.): 10 7/16 x 8 3/16" (26.5 x 20.8 cm); overall (closed): 10 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 3/16" (27 x 21.3 x 0.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Front cover from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.11	1943	Cover (woodcut) from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 9 13/16 x 7 13/16" (25 x 19.8 cm); page: 10 9/16 x 8 1/8" (26.8 x 20.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 10, recto) from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.7	1943	One from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 7 7/8 x 6" (20 x 15.3 cm); page: 10 9/16 x 8 1/4" (26.8 x 20.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 11, recto) from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.8	1943	One from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 6 5/16 x 5 7/16" (16 x 13.8 cm); page: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4" (26.6 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 12, recto) from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.9	1943	One from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 7 3/16 x 5 3/16" (18.2 x 13.1 cm); page: 10 7/16 x 8 1/4" (26.5 x 20.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 13, recto) from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.10	1943	One from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 8 1/4 x 6 1/2" (21 x 16.5 cm); page: 10 9/16 x 8 1/4" (26.8 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 3, recto) from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.1	1943	One from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 7 1/16 x 4 1/8" (17.9 x 10.4 cm); page: 10 9/16 x 8 1/8" (26.8 x 20.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 5, recto) from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.2	1943	One from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 7 1/16 x 5 7/8" (18 x 15 cm); page: 10 3/8 x 8 1/4" (26.3 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 6, recto) from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.3	1943	One from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 7 5/16 x 5 3/16" (18.5 x 13.2 cm); page: 10 3/8 x 8 1/4" (26.3 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 7, recto) from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.4	1943	One from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 6 5/16 x 5 7/8" (16 x 15 cm); page: 10 3/8 x 8 3/16" (26.3 x 20.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 8, recto) from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.5	1943	One from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 7 3/8 x 6 5/16" (18.7 x 16 cm); page: 10 1/2 x 8 1/16" (26.7 x 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Plate (folio 9, recto) from Chu. Gyo. Kai. Illustrated Book Acc. 740.2012.6	1943	One from an illustrated book with twelve woodcuts (including front and back covers)	composition (irreg.): 6 13/16 x 5 11/16" (17.3 x 14.5 cm); page: 10 9/16 x 8 1/4" (26.8 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Portrait of the Poet Sakutaro Hajiwara Print Acc. 86.1969	c. 1943	Woodcut	21 3/4 × 17 1/4" (55.2 × 43.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Hakubutsu-Fu Illustrated Book Acc. 77.2013.1-25	1950	Illustrated book with twenty-five woodcuts	page (each): 4 3/16 x 5 3/8" (10.7 x 13.6 cm); overall (closed): 4 13/16 x 5 11/16 x 13/16" (12.2 x 14.5 x 2.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Lyric No. 14 (Ode to the Spring) Print Acc. 138.1954	1951	Woodcut	Composition: 23 7/16 × 17 11/16" (59.5 × 45 cm); Sheet: 23 9/16 × 17 11/16" (59.8 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Lyric No. 13 (Melancholy of Japan) Print Acc. 137.1954	1952	Woodcut	Composition: 23 1/8 × 19 13/16" (58.7 × 50.3 cm); Sheet: 23 13/16 × 20 1/8" (60.5 × 51.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Poem No. 22: Leaf and Clouds Print Acc. 75.1959	1953, printed 1957	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 16 9/16 × 14" (42 × 35.5 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 1/4" (50.3 × 38.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Rockefeller Fund