$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.
Pedlars presents the itinerant vendors who traveled through neighborhoods selling their goods directly to customers — a form of commerce fundamental to Edo and early Meiji urban life, before the establishment of fixed retail shops. The pedlar's distinctive calls, adapted to their specific merchandise, were as much a part of the urban soundscape as temple bells, and each type of pedlar had their own characteristic costume, carrying equipment, and seasonal patterns of appearance. Mori's rendering would have documented this figure with the same social attention he brought to all the traditional trades that were disappearing from Japanese streets during his long career.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Pedlars was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).
Pedlars depicts urban scenes, market scenes, and daily life.
