Select Category
Select Mega Category
Search
  Index of all Articles

Edutainment > Mori Yoshitoshi - 1896-1992

Mori Yoshitoshi - Biography
Mori Yoshitoshi - Biography
copyright Mori Yoshitoshi

Mori Yoshitoshi had worked as a textile designer nearly for his whole life. When he was 57 years old, he began to create art prints. He is one of the very few modern artists who worked in stencil technique. It is a printing method which is also used in textile dyeing.

The images on this page are link-sensitive and take you to other articles or web sites in which you might be interested.

Biography of Mori Yoshitoshi

Female Nudes by Ishikawa Toraji
Female Nudes by Ishikawa Toraji
copyright Mori Yoshitoshi

Stencil prints and his distinctive style made Mori Yoshitoshi famous. Mainly the participation in the international print exhibitions and biennales in the 1950s like at Ljubljana, Barcelona and Tokyo made him well-known to an international audience within very short time.

You find a more detailed biography of Mori Yoshitoshi on one of our numerous article pages.

Stencil Prints by Mori Yoshitoshi

Mori Yoshitoshi preferred earthen colors as well as down-to-earth subjects - folk art, female nudes, Japanese kabuki theater or characters from the rich Japanese mythology. His designs are often humorous and express vigor and dynamic movements.

Author: Dieter Wanczura
(July 2009)

Mori Yoshitoshi - Gallery

Kabuki
Kabuki
Warrior Portrait - Kabuki
copyright Mori Yoshitoshi
Samurai Warriors
Samurai Warriors
Samurai - Kabuki
copyright Mori Yoshitoshi
Shamisen - Musical Instrument
Shamisen - Musical Instrument
Shamisen Player
copyright Mori Yoshitoshi
Japanese Customs
Japanese Customs
Arai Gami
copyright Mori Yoshitoshi
Japanese Mythology
Japanese Mythology
Nio
copyright Mori Yoshitoshi
Benkei - the Faithful Comrade
Benkei - the Faithful Comrade
Benkei
copyright Mori Yoshitoshi

The images on this web site are the property of the artist(s) and or the artelino GmbH and/or a third company or institution. Reproduction, public display and any commercial use of these images, in whole or in part, require the expressed written consent of the artist(s) and/or the artelino GmbH.

Google
  Web  www.artelino.com