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Doshun MORI  -  1909-1985      Sosaku Hanga

Doshun Mori was born in Takayama in Gifu prefecture. He had studied with Koshiro Onchi, the great mentor and artist of the sosaku hanga movement. Doshun Mori worked as a successful painter and printmaker with contributions to the official government-sponsored shows like Bunten. Main subjects of his prints were depictions of Japanese festivals and folk customs.
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Literature sources used for artist biographies:
  • Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
  • Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
  • Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
  • Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
  • Annual CWAJ catalogs