Samurai
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
Typical Price
$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.
$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.
Samurai presents the warrior class that had been the dominant social force in Japan for seven centuries — and one of the most enduring subjects of Japanese visual culture long after the class's formal abolition in the Meiji period. Mori's samurai was drawn not from historical record but from the theatrical tradition of kabuki and popular fiction that had transformed the historical warrior into a figure of legend and moral example. His bold stencil technique gave the samurai's armor, helmet, and weapons the same graphic directness that the theatrical tradition had always imposed on these figures.
Woodblock print
c. 1828/30
Color woodblock print; surimono
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Samurai was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).
Samurai depicts warriors.
