Lyrische No. 29, Shôwa period, dated 1953

"Lyrische No. 29" of 1953 — the German variant title in the Lyrique/Lyrische series — represents Onchi's multilingual approach to his numbered abstract works, with some prints carrying French titles, some German, and some Japanese, reflecting the international scope of his cultural reference. The 1953 date places this among his later, technically refined works in the series, when his paper print and combined media techniques had been fully developed. The specific formal character of this composition constitutes its meaning.