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| Artist: | Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) — 鳥居言人 |
| Title: | Washing Her Hair |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Scroll/Makuri roll |
| Medium (this edition): | Scroll/Makuri roll |
| Format (first edition): | Short scroll
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| Format (this edition): | Short scroll |
| DB artwork code: | 39921 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Washing The Hair
Artist Torii Kotondo
1900-1976
Date C.1920-30's
Dimensions 54" x 25"
Medium Painting
Condition Excellent |
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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:
Monday, 27 November 2006
FAKE! See the original in the blue Kotondo catalogue.
Important Shin Hanga Painting: Washing the Hair
Artist: Torii Kotondo
Format: Kakemono painting in sumi and colours on paper: image size 14" x 24.5"
Subject: A magnificent image of a half-naked girl leaning over a wooden bucket, to wash her long black hair. Flowering Morning Glories (l.Ipoema nil) behind her.
Mounted as a kakemono with black and gold lacquer end-pieces. Fitted wooden box.
Date: Painted in the early 1920's
Condition: Minor stains, marks and flaws, but generally very good condition.
Colour: Soft, luminous colours.
Impression: N/A
Estimated Value: ｣8000 - ｣10000
(reserve not yet met)
Current Bid: ｣2050 |
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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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