Biography
Yoshinori Kurimoto (born 1960) is a contemporary Japanese woodblock printmaker whose work has appeared in the College Women's Association of Japan (CWAJ) Print Show, Tokyo's long-running annual exhibition of contemporary Japanese prints. His 2005 woodblock print 'Ancient Garden' entered the Library of Congress as part of that institution's CWAJ Print Show Collection, and he was among the artists shown in the 68th CWAJ Print Show, held in 2025.
Kurimoto's practice belongs to the modern tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking (mokuhanga) — the water-based relief technique that descends from ukiyo-e and the twentieth-century sosaku-hanga ('creative print') movement, in which the artist designs, carves, and prints the block. Beyond his participation in the CWAJ Print Show and the presence of his work in the Library of Congress, detailed biographical information and a full exhibition history for Kurimoto are not currently documented through authoritative public sources.
Key Facts
- Active Period
- 1960
- Nationality
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Subjects
- Landscapes
- Works Indexed
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yoshinori Kurimoto (born 1960) is a contemporary Japanese woodblock printmaker whose work has appeared in the College Women's Association of Japan (CWAJ) Print Show, Tokyo's long-running annual exhibition of contemporary Japanese prints. His 2005 woodblock print 'Ancient Garden' entered the Library of Congress as part of that institution's CWAJ Print Show Collection, and he was among the artists shown in the 68th CWAJ Print Show, held in 2025.
Yoshinori Kurimoto was active born in 1960. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.
Yoshinori Kurimoto's work was shaped by the Contemporary Mokuhanga tradition in Japanese woodblock printmaking. Contemporary Mokuhanga: Contemporary mokuhanga (literally "wood-block print") encompasses artists working from approximately 1970 to the present who continue or reinvent traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques.
Yoshinori Kurimoto's prints frequently feature landscapes.