About This Print
One of several prints (see image below) created by Mori Yoshitoshi portraying a kabuki actor in the role of Gorō, who sought revenge with his older brother Jurō for the death of their father and whose story was originally told in The Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari 曽我物語).
Mori Yoshitoshi
Soga Goro Drawing a Sword, 1970
Stencil on paper; edition 13/50
71 x 58.7 cm (27 15/16 x 23 1/8 in.)
1994.811.12 Art Institute Chicago
This print also was issued in what appears to be an editioned version, as we see in the below print from the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art.
Mori Yoshitoshi
Samurai Warrior, c. 1970
Honolulu Museum of Art 27982
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1477 |
| Title | Gorō 五郎 |
| Series | |
| Artist | Mori Yoshitoshi (1898-1992) |
| Signature | Y. Mori in graphite |
| Seal of Artist |  |
| Date | c. 1970-1985 |
| Edition | unknown |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Printer | the artist |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | this print appears in the Yamada Shoten Ukiyo-e and Modern Prints catalog, No. 13, 1985, as item 91. |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 16 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. (42.9 x 29.8 cm) |
| H x W Image | 14 x 10 3/4 in. (35.6 x 27.3 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Honolulu Museum of Art 27982 |
| Reference Literature |
3/10/2019
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