Yoshitoshi, Mori

Worked for 30 years as a designer and dyer of kimono fabrics but in the mid 1950s he started to create bold folk-art style prints. Becoming a key artist in “Sōsaku-hanga Movement.” Mori had a falling out with Serizawa in 1962. Unlike the Mingei Movement which advocated the merits of earlier unknown craftsmen (many collaborating with others to created products), the principles of sōsaku hanga advocated for “self-made” art, stressing the artist motivated by a desire for self-expression, as the sole creator.