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The Potter by Yoshitoshi Mori — Japanese Woodblock print

The Potter

by Yoshitoshi Mori

Sōsaku-hanga
FiguresCraftspeopleDaily Life
Medium:
Woodblock print
Image courtesy of
Ronin Gallery

Description

"The Potter" is a sosaku-hanga print by Yoshitoshi Mori, created during the Showa. Yoshitoshi Mori was a sosaku-hanga printmaker whose career spanned nearly the entire twentieth century. Born in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo, he grew up surrounded by the commercial and cultural energy of old Edo, creating prints that celebrated Japanese folk traditions and everyday life with bold, colorful compositions.

More Prints by Yoshitoshi Mori

Bamboo Flute by Yoshitoshi Mori

Bamboo Flute

Woodblock print

Carpenters by Yoshitoshi Mori

Carpenters

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Animal Performance by Yoshitoshi Mori

Animal Performance

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Aiming at the Fan, from the series "Tale of Heike" by Yoshitoshi Mori

Aiming at the Fan, from the series "Tale of Heike"

1971

Stencil on paper

More Figures Prints

Shamyris, Shôwa period, dated 1965? by Hideo Hagiwara

Shamyris, Shôwa period, dated 1965?

Woodblock print

Celebrating the Good Harvest: Felicitations for a Thousand Ages (Nôhônen, Chiyo no kotobuki) by Kawanabe Kyosai

Celebrating the Good Harvest: Felicitations for a Thousand Ages (Nôhônen, Chiyo no kotobuki)

Woodblock print

Midas, Shôwa period, dated 1965? by Hideo Hagiwara

Midas, Shôwa period, dated 1965?

Woodblock print

Gundari Myôô, Shôwa period, dated 1962 by Kihei Sasajima

Gundari Myôô, Shôwa period, dated 1962

Woodblock print

Featured in Collections

Curated cross-cuts that include this print.

Sōsaku-Hanga: The Creative-Print Movement

Frequently Asked Questions

The Potter was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).

The Potter depicts figures, craftspeople, and daily life.