Kōshirō Onchi (1891 – 1955), a Japanese print-maker who was the father of the sōsaku-hanga mov
Kōshirō Onchi (1891 – 1955), a Japanese print-maker who was the father of the sōsaku-hanga movement in twentieth century Japan, and a photographer.Sōsaku-hanga was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan. It stressed the artist as the sole creator motivated by a desire for self-expression, and advocated principles of art that is “self-drawn”, “self-carved"and "self-printed”. As opposed to the shin-hanga (“new prints”) movement that maintained the traditional ukiyo-e collaborative system where the artist, carver, printer, and publisher engaged in division of labor, creative print artists distinguished themselves as artists creating art for art’s sake. (re-told from wiki) -- source link
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