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| Artist: | Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) — 鳥居言人 |
| Title: | Vapour- Yuge — 湯ゲ |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1929/10 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Sakai and Kawaguchi — 酒井川口 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Sakai and Kawaguchi — 酒井川口 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 46404 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist Torii Kotondo
Title "Yuge" (Vapour)
Medium Original Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print
Editions: 200 (S&K paper seal), 300 (S&K embossed seal), ?? (Kawaguchi).
Date 1929 October
Publisher Sakai and Kawaguchi
Reference No Female Image # 171; The New Wave #263
Size 18 x 11 -3/4 " (sheet)
Dimensions 18.125 x 11.875
Notes: Embossed title in the lower margin reads: "Yuge". |
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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:
Yuge (Vapor) - Lovely portrait of a young woman in the bath, looking down with a pensive expression as she pats the side of her face with a light blue cloth. Her hair is pulled back into a soft bun delicately framing her face, adorned with a colorful comb and a red tie-dyed ribbon. The steam or vapor rising from the hot water of the bath is rendered with swirling baren marks softly shaded from blue to gray, contrasting beautifully with her pale skin tones. An exquisite shin-hanga beauty subject and a fantastic choice for a collector. This limited, first edition print from a release of 200 woodblocks features the embossed title "Yuge" in the lower margin, with the publisher "Sakai/Kawaguchi" embossed in the lower left margin. The limited edition seal on reverse is hand numbered "97" and signed by the artist, with red seal. Includes a small "Made in Japan" stamp on reverse along with a pencil notation reading "97/200 Special artist's selection from the edition." We are also including a label that accompanied the print from the Gallery Kabutoya in San Francisco.
Signed - Kotondo ga
Sealed Kotondo
Publisher - Sakai and Kawaguchi
Numbered - 97/200
Artist - Torii Kotondo (1900 - 1976)
Image Size - 10 1/4" x 16 1/8" + margins as shown
Condition - This print with excellent color and detail. Some minor toning. A couple lightly toned spots. Please see photos for details. Very nice overall. |
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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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