Urushibara Mokuchu_
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
$500–$5,000. Common landscapes: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Collaborative prints with Frank Brangwyn are most sought after.
A print identified under Urushibara's art name Mokuchu, meaning "silent wood"—an evocative pseudonym for an artist whose craft involved coaxing images from carved wooden blocks. Urushibara adopted this name to distinguish his independent artistic work from his collaborative printing for other artists. The name itself suggests his philosophy: the woodblock is not merely a mechanical tool but a silent partner in creation, its grain, hardness, and texture contributing qualities to the printed image that no other medium can replicate. Under the Mokuchu identity, Urushibara asserted his role as a creative artist rather than a skilled technician executing others' designs.
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.
Urushibara Mokuchu_ was created by Yoshijiro Urushibara (漆原木虫).
Urushibara Mokuchu_ depicts landscapes and figures.
