Fujimori Shizuo

<p>Fujimori Shizuo (1891 - 1943) was a Japanese woodblock artist associated with the <em>sosaku-hanga</em> (creative prints) movement. His style was strongly influenced by Expressionism.</p><p>Expressionism is a modernist movement initially in poetry and painting presenting the world solely from a subjective perspective distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas</p><p>Together with Tanaka Kyoichi and Onchi Koshiro he produced the seminal poetry and print magazine <em>Tsukuhae</em> (Moonglow) issued from September 1914 until November 1915 when Tanaka's premature early death ended the project after seven issues.</p><p>Fujimori Shizuo provided thirteen prints for the seminal sosaku hanga series <em>One Hundred Views of New Tokyo</em> (<em>Shin Tokyo hyakkei</em>) of 1929-32 and produced his own series <em>Twelve Views of Great Tokyo</em> (<em>Dai Tokyo Junikei</em>) in 1933-34.</p><p>In 1939 he returned to live in Iizuka Fukuoka Prefecture where he remained until his death in 1943.</p><p>His bold and simple expressionistic carving style may have derived from the loss of his right thumb in an accident in his youth.</p>