At Ruin: Allegory No.3
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
"At Ruin: Allegory No. 3" represents Onchi working in his Allegory series — a group of prints that used symbolic or metaphorical imagery rather than pure abstraction, each work constructing a visual argument or narrative through the combination of symbolic elements. The ruin subject engages themes of decay, memory, and the persistence of structure through time that recur throughout Onchi's work, particularly in prints made during and after World War II when Japan's actual ruins provided a physical context for these philosophical concerns.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
At Ruin: Allegory No.3 was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎).
At Ruin: Allegory No.3 depicts landscapes and abstract.
