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| Artist: | Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) — 鳥居言人 |
| Title: | Pounding Silk |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1930 (in the decade of) |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1930s (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Scroll/Makuri roll |
| Medium (this edition): | Scroll/Makuri roll |
| Format (first edition): | Long scroll
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| Format (this edition): | Long scroll |
| DB artwork code: | 42200 |
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Saturday, 20 March 2010
Lot #: 041
Artist: Kotondo, Torii, 1900-1977
Title: Pounding Silk
Date: 20th century
Medium: pigment on silk
Dimensions: 38 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches
Illustrated: Kotondo, pl. 41
Condition: No condition problems to note
Comments: Entire scroll, including mount, measures 72 by 19 inches |
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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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