Part 1 Introduction: Japanese prints during the Pacific War; the beginning of the Occupation; Onchi and the First Thursday Society; Ernst Hacker - Vienna and New York; Hacker and the Onchi family, 1946; influence of American critics and customers 1946-1956; Hacker's later work, and the influence of Onchi; Onchi's later years - correspondence with Hacker. Part 2 Catalogue: the Hacker collection - prints and portfolios by Onchi, prints by Munakata, the 1946 First Thursday Society portfolio; memorabilia and photographs; selection of prints by Hacker; related prints from the BM's collections. Part 3 Handlist - works by Onchi in the British Museum.