Mou
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- British Museum
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Yamaguchi's contemplative, semi-abstract style has a niche following. Condition and impression quality are key factors.
Mou — a Japanese word of multiple meanings depending on context: "already," "no more," "enough," or (in literary usage) an expression of vague, helpless feeling at one's limits. The word's semantic ambiguity makes it an apt title for an abstract work that resists definitive interpretation. Yamaguchi's "Mou" may express satiation, resignation, or the weariness that comes from having reached the edge of what can be borne — a psychological state rendered in abstract visual form.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mou was created by Gen Yamaguchi (山口源).
Mou depicts landscapes and abstract.
![[abstract composition with diagonal woodgrain] by Gen Yamaguchi](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135949.jpg)