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A Short Night
by Akio Onda born 1924
| Item | 29787 |
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| Date Sold | Sunday, September 2, 2007 |
| Title | A Short Night |
| Artist | Akio Onda born 1924 |
| Description | Short poem, "Haiku", by Buson YOSA (1716-1783). It means something like, "The short summer night, I got an announcement by dream unexpectedly." Akio ONDA was one of the best students of Shiko MUNAKATA. He worked as the assistant of Munakata while Munakata taught woodblock printing at Musashino Art Collage. |
| Signature | "Onda Akio" and title in pencil on the lower margin. |
| Seal | Artist's red seal (Aki). |
| Dated | Middle 20th century. |
| Medium/Technique | Woodblock print. |
| Impression | Excellent - very good ... self-carved and self-printed on a very thin, translucent Japanese paper (kozo). |
| Colors | Black and white. |
| Condition | Very good ... naturally irregular edges and wrinkles usual for this type of paper, mounting residues on the upper and lower edges. |
| Width Item | 10.6 inches = 27.0 cm |
| Height Item | 13.8 inches = 35.0 cm |
| Width Image | 7.9 inches = 20.0 cm |
| Height Image | 9.1 inches = 23.0 cm |
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