Warriors in Combat
- Date:
- 1970
- Medium:
- Stencil on paper; edition 35/50
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$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.
Warriors in Combat, printed in 1970 as a stencil in an edition of thirty-five, presents armored samurai in the dynamic confusion of battle — a subject that required Mori to organize the energy of physical conflict into a readable and aesthetically resolved composition. The combat scene's multiple overlapping figures, each in a different posture of attack or defense, created a compositional challenge that his [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) training equipped him to meet. The stencil technique, with its bold areas of solid color and clean outlines, gave the scene a graphic clarity that helped the viewer read the individual figures within the tangle of combat.
Woodblock print
c. 1828/30
Color woodblock print; surimono
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Warriors in Combat was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利) in 1970.
Warriors in Combat uses Stencil Print, on stencil on paper; edition 35/50.
Warriors in Combat depicts warriors.
