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| Artist: | Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) — 鳥居言人 |
| Title: | Utatane- A nap (red background) — うたっ寝 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1933/2 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1933 February (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Ikeda — 池田 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Ikeda — 池田 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 38377 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist: Kotondo
Title Nap
Date Of Work: 1933
Publisher : Ikeda
Dimensions: 18.5 x 11.625
Notes: Edition of 100. The publisher Ikeda X'ed out the blocks after finishing the edition.
Dated February 1933 (confirmed).
Limited edition of only 100 prints, after which the blocks were destroyed.
I have seen both "A Nap" and "Hair Combing" marked as scene number 7. One of them must be scene 8 in reality.
Ikeda published a total of 12 scenes. |
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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:
Artist:
Kotondo, Torii, 1900-1977
Title: A Nap
Edition: 53/100
Date: 1930
Medium: woodblock
Dimensions: 15 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches
Illustrated: Beauties, pl. 177-1
Condition: Faint tape stains at corners on reverse; toning at bottom corners; blanket slightly faded.
Later on http://www.scholten-japanese-art.com/:
Torii Kotondo, 1900-1976
A Nap
(Utatane)
with deep red background; signed Kotondo ga with artist's rectangular seal Kotondo, the title along the bottom margin, Utatane (A Nap), with publisher's limited edition cartouche on verso, Ikeda hanken shoyu, hyaku mai kagiri zeppan, hakkai dai gojusan go (copyright Ikeda, edition limited to 100, 8th print, 53 number), with artist's bird seal Torii, ca. February 1933
dai oban tate-e 18 3/8 by 11 5/8 in., 46.6 by 29.5 cm
There is a variant impression (likely an earlier version) of this print with a pale tan background also illustrated in The Female Image (pl. 177-2).
References:
Gallery Beniya, Torii Kotondo, 1995, p. 18, no. 9
Reigle Newland, Amy, and Hamanaka Shinji, The Female Image, 2000, p. 132, pl. 177-1 |
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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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