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| Artist: | Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) — 鳥居言人 |
| Title: | After the Bath (Yugaeri) — 湯帰り |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1932/5 |
| 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): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 47078 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Dated May 1932 (confirmed).
Limited edition of only 100 prints, after which the blocks were destroyed.
Scene number 5 among 12 Ikeda published scenes.
Re-issued in the series "Twelve Aspects of Women" circa August 23, 1988. |
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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:
Note that this entry contains a series note with a dating of August 23, 1988.
鳥居言人(とりい ことんど) 鳥居清忠(鏑木清方の門人) 美人版画 おんな十二題「湯かへ里」手摺り木版画
鳥居言人(とりい ことんど) 鳥居清忠(1900-1976)大正から昭和の浮絵師・日本画家
伊東深水、川瀬巴水と共に鏑木清方に美人画を学ぶ。1929年鳥居派の八代目を継承。
この「湯かへ里」は昭和８年の作品。女性が洗面器を片手に風呂屋ののれんをくぐろうとした一瞬を描いている。
彫師・小池茂、摺師・渡辺義明。
江戸伝承の古法による純手彫り純手摺り。木版画に使用した和紙は越前和紙。
今では大変希少です。
サイズは本体約48×33㎝、台紙約56×41㎝ |
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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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