A Spring, from the series "Happiness"
- Series:
- Happiness
- Date:
- 1916
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
From the early series "Happiness," this 1916 spring print represents Onchi at the very beginning of his career — still a student at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, already committed to the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) principle that the artist should design, carve, and print their own work. The composition marks spring not through conventional cherry blossoms or seasonal landscapes but through an abstract or lyrical impression of the season's quality: the renewal of life rendered in terms of pure color and form. This early work established the vocabulary of feeling-over-representation that would define Onchi's mature abstract output.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1949
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Spring, from the series "Happiness" was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎) in 1916.
Yes — A Spring, from the series "Happiness" is part of the Happiness series by Onchi Koshiro.
A Spring, from the series "Happiness" depicts spring.
