Toshinoba Onsato
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Recto: l.l. in graphite: 224/300; l.r. '78 Onosato. Printed text on opposite page: Toshinobu Onosato Lithography "Hiwa"/The work is lithography which is unusual. Onosato Toshinobu's prints are mostly silk. This artist's/first print was made in 1958 and all of his earlier work was lithography. This is because in his hometown/of Kiryu in Gunma Prefecture, there was a lithograph printer, Eiichro Ogino, who owned a lithography workshop. Eventually,/he moved on to working in silkscreen with the help of Tokuzo Okabe. This past year, however, Onosato has started to make lithographs once again./Abundant oil paint was used in the printing of "Fire Wheel" by the hand of Ogino Eiichro, now an expert of lithography./ When oil paint is used for lithography, the colors become more vibrant and is less likely to fade./The fragmented composition by Onosato one of fluidity. Bright red fills the whole scene with clarity.
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Gift of Ruth Fine and Larry Day
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Fire Wheel (Hiwa)
The Artists I Have Met: Kubo Sadajiro
Recto: l.l. in graphite: 224/300; l.r. '78 Onosato. Printed text on opposite page: Toshinobu Onosato Lithography "Hiwa"/The work is lithography which is unusual. Onosato Toshinobu's prints are mostly silk. This artist's/first print was made in 1958 and all of his earlier work was lithography. This is because in his hometown/of Kiryu in Gunma Prefecture, there was a lithograph printer, Eiichro Ogino, who owned a lithography workshop. Eventually,/he moved on to working in silkscreen with the help of Tokuzo Okabe. This past year, however, Onosato has started to make lithographs once again./Abundant oil paint was used in the printing of "Fire Wheel" by the hand of Ogino Eiichro, now an expert of lithography./ When oil paint is used for lithography, the colors become more vibrant and is less likely to fade./The fragmented composition by Onosato one of fluidity. Bright red fills the whole scene with clarity.
