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Rouge- lipstick

Rouge- lipstick くち紅
by Torii Kotondo (1900-1976)

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Artist: Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) 鳥居言人
Title: Rouge- lipstick くち紅
Series: 
Date of first edition?1932/1
Date of this artwork?1980s (may not be accurate)
Publisher (first edition)?Ikeda 池田
Publisher (this edition)?Ishukankokai 遺珠刊行会
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Large Oban
Format (this edition): Large Oban
DB artwork code: 31353
Notes (first edition)?
Torii Kotondo, 1900-1976

Rouge (Beni)

Signed Kotondo ga with artist's green circular seal Torii Kotondo. Undated, published by Ikeda.

Date: 1932 January (confirmed). Re-issued in the series "Twelve Aspects of Women" circa August 23, 1988.

Dai oban tate-e 48 by 29.5 cm

Reference: The Female Image, 2000, pl. 179

Limited edition of only 100 prints, after which the blocks were destroyed.
Scene number 2 among 12 Ikeda published scenes.
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Beni (Rouge) by Torii Kotondo. Genuine woodblock print. Fine condition. Later mid-Showa era imrpession. 19.1 x 12.9 inches. Ito carver's seal and Watanabe printer's seal in left margin. Wonderful color and excellent ink bleedthrough. Watermark in lower left margin. Never been framed. One of Kotondo's most spectacular bijin scenes. Compare to print on page 13 of the book "Torii Kotondo" by the Gallery Beniya.

Artist Bio: 
Torii Kotondo (or Torii Kiyotada VIII) is renowned for his paintings and shin hanga prints of beautiful women. His woodblock prints, superbly carved and printed, are comparable with those of Hashiguchi Goyo and Ito Shinsui. Kotondo was born with the name Saito Akira in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. He was the only son among the five children of Torii Kiyotada, the seventh Torii master. The Torii school had a long tradition of painting and printmaking for the Japanese theater, extending back to the seventeenth century. Kabuki theater was still very popular in the early twentieth century and prints and painted posters were the primary means of publicity. Although Kotondo was mainly interested in studying history and archaeology, it was assumed that he would follow in his father's footsteps and join the Torii school. At age 14, Kotondo agreed to leave school and begin studies with Kobori Tomone, a yamato-e painter. Along with painting classes, Tomone taught Kotondo about the court and military practices of ancient Japan, satisfying his interest in history. A year later, he was officially adopted as the next heir of the Torii school and assumed the artist's name 'Kotondo'. While still studying with Tomone, he began designing illustrations for a theatrical magazine, Engei Gaho ('Entertainment Illustrated Magazine'), and painted kabuki posters and billboards.

Torii Kotondo was the 8th Torii and the 5th Torii Kiyotada. His father was the 4th Kiyotada.

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