Impression of a Violinist

A close-up portrait of a violinist rendered within a rounded, vase-like shape formed by bold black curving lines against a grey background; the print's outer field is set on plain cream paper with pencil inscriptions along the top edge. The figure has dark, upswept hair and downcast eyes, gazing toward the ochre-brown violin body held below the chin, with the fingers of one hand visible curled around the neck of the instrument and the bow held diagonally in the other. The palette is limited to grey, black, cream, and warm brown, and the composition is signed "K. Onchi" in the lower right; this color woodblock print, titled "Impression of a Violinist," was made by Onchi Koshiro in 1946.