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| Artist: | Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) — 鳥居言人 |
| Title: | Rain (Ame) — 雨 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1929/10 |
| 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
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 34942 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist Torii Kotondo Title Ami (Rain) Medium Original, Limited-Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Date 1929 Publisher Kawaguchi/Sakai Reference No Female Image, # 173 Size 16 x 10 " Editions: 200 (S&K first edport edition), 300 (S&K first domestic edition).
Notes: Embossed title in the lower margin reads, "Ami" ('Rain'). Dated and signed center right, "Showa yonnen jugatsu Kotondo ga" ('Showa 4 (1929), October, picture by Kotondo'), followed by rectangular artist's seal reading "Torii".
Embossed joint publisher's seal in the lower left margin of Sakai and Kawaguchi. Blocks carved by Ito and printed by Komatsu Wasakichi.
Re-issued in the series "Twelve Aspects of Women" circa August 23, 1988. |
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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:
Kotondo Torii- Ame- Rain- Full19.jpg:
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Shin Hanga: Rain Lot AU58 Artist: Torii Kotondo
Format: Large oban tate-e: 19" x 13" approx
Subject: Ame - Rain. From the series, Twelve Aspects of Women.
A beauty is hiding from the rain under a large umbrella.
Publisher: Orig - Sakai-Kawaguchi, this of later 20th C
Date: c.1970
Condition: Full size. Minor marks and flaws. Generally fine state.
Colour: Fine
Impression: Fine
Other Notes: Numbered seventeen from the limited memorial edition and complete with original folder.
Estimated Value: £300 - £400
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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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