Art Institute of Chicago

This Japanese woodblock print by Arai Shori is preserved in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, where it represents the artist's contribution to twentieth-century Japanese printmaking. Documented through the ukiyo-e.org aggregator with a direct link to the Art Institute of Chicago's holdings, the work survives as part of an institutional record that traces Arai Shori's place within the broader landscape of modern hanga production. The print exemplifies the technical traditions of Japanese woodblock printing, a craft that demands close coordination between artist, carver, and printer when produced under shin-hanga conventions, or the singular hand of the artist working through every stage when produced under sosaku-hanga principles. Arai Shori belongs to a generation of Japanese printmakers whose work circulated through both domestic and international channels, eventually finding permanent homes in museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, which has assembled one of the most significant collections of Japanese prints outside Japan. The Art Institute's holdings span the full arc of the medium, from Edo-period ukiyo-e through the shin-hanga revival led by publishers like Watanabe Shozaburo and into the sosaku-hanga movement that prized the printmaker as an independent creative artist. Within that continuum, Arai Shori's print stands as a record of a specific moment in Japanese print history, accessible to scholars, collectors, and enthusiasts who consult the Art Institute's online catalog or visit the museum's print study rooms. Without the original Japanese title, date of production, or detailed technical information confirmed in the source record, this entry preserves only what is documented: that the work exists, that it was created by Arai Shori, and that the Art Institute of Chicago has cataloged it as a Japanese woodblock print worthy of long-term institutional care. Further research into the museum's primary records may yet illuminate the print's subject, dimensions, and place within Arai Shori's broader output.