Mori Yoshitoshi
Japanese, 1898-1992
Thunder God
INV-1362
Mori Yoshitoshi
Japanese, 1898-19921969
Thunder God
Mori Yoshitoshi Japanese, 1898-1992 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
1969
Medium
Stencil on paper
Dimensions
59.8 × 46.8 cm (23 9/16 × 18 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Susan Cullen
Mori Yoshitoshi pioneered a method known as kappazuri by applying stencil-dyeing techniques traditionally used for textiles to contemporary prints. This work was made in the 1960s using kappazuri. The wind and thunder gods are probably meant to be viewed as a pair, as they are often depicted in traditional sculpture and painting. Mori commonly represented scenes from history and legend, with a focus on imagery from Buddhism.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858
Mitsuke: Ferries Crossing the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa funawatashi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858
