"Pencil Studies of Mr. Fujikake Shizuya" depicts Fujikake Shizuya (1879-1956), a major historian of Japanese art and one of the key theorists of the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) movement, in what appears to be a multiple-study format — several views or approaches to the subject on a single sheet. Fujikake's role in theorizing and promoting Japanese woodblock print culture made him a significant figure in Onchi's world, and the portrait reflects Onchi's characteristic practice of recording important cultural contemporaries. The pencil study format suggests an unusually direct, unmediated encounter with the subject.
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.
Pencil Studies of Mr. Fujikake Shizuya was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎).
Pencil Studies of Mr. Fujikake Shizuya depicts landscapes, figures, and portraits.
