$300–$3,000. Kabuki actor portraits are highly collectible. Good stencil prints: $800–$1,500. Key value factors: Mori's cheerful folk art prints are affordably priced. His stencil technique (kappazuri) is distinctive.
Masks (red), Kabuki Masks presents the collection of ceremonial and theatrical masks that had been central to Japanese performing arts from Noh through the folk traditions that informed kabuki's development. The red masks — possibly the fierce red face of the aragoto hero or the fox mask of sacred shrine performance — provided Mori with a subject of concentrated visual power, the mask's exaggerated features and symbolic color carrying the full weight of the traditions they represented. A display or grouping of kabuki masks offered him an opportunity to explore the theatrical visual culture he had documented throughout his career in a more concentrated, formally abstract way.
歌舞伎
Woodblock print
1955
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Masks (red), Kabuki masks was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).
Masks (red), Kabuki masks depicts kabuki.
