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This is an original mid-century Japanese woodblock/stencil-style print purchased in the Yokohama area during the early 1960s. The signature reads “Yoshitoshi Mori ’63,” and the numbering “4/30.”The artist Yoshitoshi Mori, is a well-known Japanese sosaku hanga (“creative print”) artist famous for simplified folk-art compositions, dolls, festival scenes, and bold black forms. The piece features a traditional Japanese folk/festival scene rendered in the bold graphic style associated with renowned Japanese printmaker Yoshitoshi Mori (1898–1992).The composition includes:
* Traditional festival/work figures
* Strong black graphic forms
* Hand-applied color fields
* Japanese calligraphy
* Red artist seal
* Pencil signature and date
* Limited edition numbering “4/30” This piece strongly
resembles his 1960s festival/folk scene work.The circular symbol in the image resembles a Japanese festival drum crest or tomoe motif, and the figures are carrying festival materials.A few important observations:
* Hand signed in pencil: “Yoshitoshi Mori ’63”
* Numbered edition: 4/30
* Red artist seal present
* Period framing/matting are original
