$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.
Year-End Fair (A) presents the toshi no ichi — the year-end market that was among the most commercially and socially significant events in the Japanese calendar, drawing crowds to major shrine precincts and commercial districts in the final weeks of the year for the purchase of New Year's decorations, special foods, and gifts. The fair's combination of commercial urgency and festive atmosphere, with stalls of goods ranging from the mundane to the ceremonially specific, created a scene of layered social activity that Mori captured with the visual confidence of an artist who had spent a lifetime observing the rituals of Japanese popular life.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Year-End Fair (A) was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).
Year-End Fair (A) depicts urban scenes, temples & shrines, and market scenes.
