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Snow (Yuki)

Snow (Yuki)
by Torii Kotondo (1900-1976)

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Artist: Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) 鳥居言人
Title: Snow (Yuki)
Series: 
Date of first edition?1929
Date of this artwork?1980s (may not be accurate)
Publisher (first edition)?Sakai and Kawaguchi 酒井川口
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: 33760
Notes (first edition)?
Artist Torii Kotondo
Title: "Yuki" (Snow)
A lady is warming herself under a "kotatsu" (Japanese traditional foot warmer usually built into the floor). The snow is falling outside.
Publisher Sakai/Kawaguchi
Medium Original Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print
Date: October 1929.
Sheet size: 18-1/4 x 11-3/4"

Notes: Embossed title in the lower margin reads: "Yuki".

Dated and signed in the upper right: Showa 4 (1929), followed by the circular artist's seal reading: "Kotondo".

First printed as a 300 sheet domestic edition and a 200 print export edition.

Reference No. Female Image #172

Re-issued in the series "Twelve Aspects of Women" circa August 23, 1988.
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Kotondo, Torii- Snow (Yuki)- Full10.jpg:

Tuesday, 19 December 2006

木版美人画●鳥居 言人(清忠)「雪」タトウ入り

彫師の伊藤 進や絵師の鳥居 言人の詳細はヤフー検索(多数)をご参照下さい。
画寸41×26cm、紙寸48.2×33cm、タトウ 54.8x40.4cm です。写真のとおり本紙は彫り・摺り・保存ともにベストで、美品に近い良品です。以上は拡大写真で再確認ください。本画は鳥居言人と名乗っていた昭和4~10年の作品で、昭和51年の死後まもなく当時の日本芸術院院長の高橋誠一郎氏の推薦により新刻再版されたものです。版元は㈱遺珠刊行会です。

Edition 131 of 750 from the first edition.

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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