Valley
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
Typical Price
- Exceptional composition by the father of Japanese abstract printmaking: $10,000–$50,000
- Fine signed Onchi print: $3,000–$15,000
- Good condition example: $1,000–$5,000
Description
"Valley" renders one of Japan's most ubiquitous landscape features — the narrow valleys between mountain ridges that determined the routes of travel, the locations of settlements, and the character of regional cultures throughout the country. Onchi treats the valley not as topographic subject but as a formal problem: the V-shape of the valley walls, the way light reaches the valley floor, the relationship between the enclosed space below and the open sky above. His geological and geographic subjects demonstrate the same formal attentiveness he brought to human faces and abstract compositions.
More Prints by Onchi Koshiro
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Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
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1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Valley was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎).
Valley depicts landscapes.