Môri ?, from the series Mirror of Famous Generals of Great Japan (Dai nihon meishô kagami)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- mfa
Description
Mori — from the series Mirror of Famous Generals of Great Japan — presents a military commander (the Mori clan patriarch, most likely the great Chugoku warlord Mori Motonari) within the format of a celebrated print series. The "mirror" series format, which organized individual prints into a coherent collection, was a standard feature of Edo-period print publishing that Mori drew on for some of his historical subjects. The depiction of the great warrior within the established genre framework of the meisho kagami gave his stencil print a connection to the long tradition of hero-portrait prints in Japanese popular art.
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Oteiroku, from the series "Fashionable Women as the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin (Fuzoku onna Suikoden, ippyakuhachinin no uchi)"
c. 1828/30
Color woodblock print; surimono
Rua Xiaoqi (Katsuenra Genshoshichi), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"
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Yang Zhi (Seimenju Yoshi), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"
c. 1827/30
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Môri ?, from the series Mirror of Famous Generals of Great Japan (Dai nihon meishô kagami) was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).
Yes — Môri ?, from the series Mirror of Famous Generals of Great Japan (Dai nihon meishô kagami) is part of the Mirror of Famous Generals of Great Japan series by Yoshitoshi Mori.
Môri ?, from the series Mirror of Famous Generals of Great Japan (Dai nihon meishô kagami) depicts heroes & warriors, warriors, and portraits.