Intimacy Red and Black
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- japancoll
$300–$3,000. Common folk art prints: $300–$800. Key value factors: Mori's cheerful folk art prints are affordably priced. His stencil technique (kappazuri) is distinctive.
Intimacy — Red and Black presents a couple or intimate figure subject in the dramatic two-color palette that the title announces — the warmth of red and the depth of black creating a composition of considerable sensory impact. The red-and-black combination was among the most powerful in the Japanese visual tradition, used in lacquerware, costume, and theater to signal passion, formality, and dramatic intensity. Mori's use of this palette for an intimacy subject gave the image a boldness consonant with his folk-art aesthetic while honoring the palette's traditional associations.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Intimacy Red and Black was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).
Intimacy Red and Black depicts figures and bijin-ga.
