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Kōshirō Onchi

Kōshirō Onchi (1891–1955) was a Japanese painter, poet and printmaker.

Also recorded as Koshiro Onchi · Koushirou Onchi · Onzi Koshiro

Mother and Child, c. 1915–1955, by Kōshirō Onchi

Koshiro Onchi · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund · CC0

Biography

Born at Tokyo in 1891, died in Tokyo in 1955.

The recorded working language is Japanese.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Tokyo.

Work by Kōshirō Onchi is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of World Cultures and Print Collection.

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Places

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  • Tokyo
Birth
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Citations

References

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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.

Elsewhere in Paintings

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