Fisherman
Medium
woodcut
Classification
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Anonymous gift in memory of Paul O. Cartun
Accession Number
1960.122
Tags
male
About this artwork
This modest print marks the beginning of the sosaku-hanga movement which encouraged artists to carve and print woodblocks themselves. Fisherman, featured in the art and literary magazine Myojo (Morning Star) in 1904, accompanied an article describing Yamamoto’s revolutionary defiance of the traditional separation between the originator of the design and the artisans who execute the print, elevating woodcuts to the level of fine art. The print is also unmistakably modern in the simple, poignant d...