was a Japanese woodblock artist associated with the '' sōsaku-hanga'' (creative prints) movement. His style was strongly influenced by

Expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

. Fujimori was born in 1891 in

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. He studied Western-style art (''

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'') with the

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("White Horse Society") in 1910, and the next year enrolled in the Tokyo School of Fine Arts from where he graduated in 1916. At the school he met

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with whom he collaborated on ''Tsukuhae'' ("Moonglow"), a print and poetry magazine, producing 37 prints. In 1919 he contributed to the first exhibition of the Japan Creative Print Association (Nihon Sosaku-Hanga Kyokai). After a period teaching in Fukoka and Taiwan, in 1922 he moved to Tokyo to pursue a career as a professional artist in the fields of painting, printmaking and illustration. He worked as editor of ''Shi to hanga'', was a contributor to many other publications, and was a founding member of the

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in 1931. He provided thirteen prints for the seminal sōsaku hanga series ''

One Hundred Views of New Tokyo ''One Hundred Views of New Tokyo'' (''新東京百景, Shin Tōkyō Hyakkei'') was a series of Japanese woodblock printing, woodblock prints created from 1928 to 1932 by eight artists of the sōsaku hanga "creative print" movement. The artists ...

'' (''Shin Tokyo hyakkei'') of 1929–32, and produced his own series, ''Twelve Views of Great Tokyo'' (''Dai Tokyo Junikei''), in 1933–34. His bold and simple

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carving style may have derived from the loss of his right thumb in an accident in his youth.

Gallery

Fujimori 1.jpg, ''Against the light'' Fujimori Shizuo - Night from TSUKUHAE I, 1914.jpg, Night, 1914 Fujimori Shizuo - Nature and Life (from Tsukuhae I), 1914.jpg, ''Nature and Life'', 1914 Fujimori Kabuki-za.jpg, ''Kabuki-Theater'' from '' 100 Views of New Tokyo'' Fujimori Rotes Tor.jpg, ''Red Gate'' from '' 100 Views of New Tokyo'' Fujimori Yasukuni.jpg, ''Yasukuni Shrine'' from '' 100 Views of New Tokyo''

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External links

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Fujimori Shizuo (1891–1943)
The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujimori, Shizuo 1891 births 1943 deaths Japanese printmakers Sosaku hanga artists