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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: | 47855 |
| 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:
Title
Vapor - Rarely seen pre-W.W.II edition
Description
"Yuge" (Vapor). A beauty is wiping her neck with a towel while taking a bath. The vapor from the bathtub is expressed in circular movements of "baren".
The hand-numbered limited edition paper seal with artist's name in sumi ink is pasted on verso. "Gaikoku iki ni-hyaku mai kagiri zeppan, dai hyaku-yonju go, Torii Kotondo (for foreign export, limited edition of 200, number 140, by Torii Kotondo).
The alluring "bijin" (the beauty) prints in Shin Hanga period have been the highlight of Japanese woodblock print making tradition.
Signature: Kotondo.
Seal: Artist's seal.
Dated: 1929, October.
Publisher: "Sakai-Kawaguchi" is embossed on bottom-left margin (difficult to see).
Technique: Woodblock printtoyslocal_libraryapps
Numbered: 114/200 (no! 140/200)
Width Item
11.8 inches = 30.0 cm
Height Item
15.9 inches = 40.5 cm
Width Image
10.3 inches = 26.2 cm
Height Image
16.3 inches = 41.5 cm
Colors: Good … Lightly faded.
Quality: Good … Light creases. Top and bottom margins are trimmed. Mounting glue residue are isible on the lower right and on the corners. |
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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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