Portrait of Koshiro Onchi

"Portrait of Koshiro Onchi" — a self-portrait or a portrait of the artist by another — represents a fascinating formal case: either Onchi turning his portraitist's methods on himself, or another artist applying Onchi's own standards to the task of depicting him. Self-portraiture was relatively rare in Onchi's output, but the few examples demonstrate the same quality of unflinching observation he brought to his other subjects. A portrait of Onchi by another hand represents the legacy portrait tradition, the teacher depicted by a student.