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Snowy Evening

Snowy Evening 雪の夕
by Torii Kotondo (1900-1976)

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Artist: Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) 鳥居言人
Title: Snowy Evening 雪の夕
Series: 
Date of first edition?1931
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
Format (this edition): Long scroll
DB artwork code: 42708
Notes (first edition)?
Friday, 12 November 2010

【日本画・掛軸】鳥居言人「雪の夕」 共箱

 商 品 の 詳 細 
   
 【 状態とサイズ 】

 寸法 (約/cm) 画タテ103x ヨコ26.5 表具タテ188x ヨコ30.5

   
【 仕様 】
共箱。   
   
【 詳細説明 】
 画、経年の汚れありますが概ね良好です。表具も良好です。揮毫、落款あります。 昭和6年初夏と共箱の蓋裏に書いてあります。
Notes (this 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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