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| Artist: | Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) — 鳥居言人 |
| Title: | Light Summer Kimono with Irises - Ayame Yukata — 菖蒲ゆかた |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1932 |
| 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
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 32088 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist Kotondo (1900-1976)
Title Ayame Yukata
Dated 1932 (confirmed. Month not yet confirmed).
Limited edition of only 100 prints, after which the blocks were destroyed.
Scene number 6 among 12 Ikeda published scenes.
Publisher Ikeda
Dimensions 19.5 x 11.5
Notes Ayame Yukata means "Cotton Kimono with Iris Pattern".
Reference: The Female Image, 2000, p. 131, pl. 176
Re-issued in the series "Twelve Aspects of Women" circa August 23, 1988.
Note: there are a lot of pre-war examples of this scene that do not have edition numbers. They are sometimes mistakenly listed as being edition 4. See my article about Kotondo edition labels here. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Friday, 12 May 2006
Title Cotton Kimono with Dyed Iris Pattern
reproduction
Artist Kotondo Torii 1900-1976
Signature Kotondo
Seal artist's seal
Dated originally in 1930, this re-carved edition was made in unknown date.
Publisher originally by Ikeda.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good … (re-carved edition), embossed
Colors excellent
Condition excellent - very good … margins slightly wavy, a horizontal crease (1 inch long) on the right margin, margin corners slightly creased.
Description "Ayame Yukata" (Cotton Kimono with Dyed Iris Pattern).
Format Dai-Oban
Width Item 12.2 inches = 31.0 cm
Height Item 17.3 inches = 44.0 cm
Width Image 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm
Height Image 16.3 inches = 41.5 cm
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| 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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