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This woodblock printmaker combines traditional woodblock printmaking with his unique style. Having begun as an oil painter of abstract works, Morimura is unusual in using oil-based inks rather than the traditional water-based inks. His images are usually of traditional real life landscapes, but he combines this with geometric and abstract patterns bringing a modern angle to the images. This print depicts the ceramist Kanjiro Kawai’s (1890-1966)studio and house in Kyoto, which is now preserved as a museum. Kawai was a folkcraft ceramist and a contemporary of Bernard Leach. One can view this image forever yet discover something new each time. Morimura’s intricate woodblock carvings exemplify minute details. His works are included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
