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| Notes (1st edition) | Artist Torii Kotondo Title Ami (Rain) Medium Original, Limited-Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Date 1929 Publisher Kawaguchi/Sakai Reference No Female Image, # 173 Size 16 x 10 " Editions: 200 (S&K first edport edition), 300 (S&K first domestic edition). Notes: Embossed title in the lower margin reads, "Ami" ('Rain'). Dated and signed center right, "Showa yonnen jugatsu Kotondo ga" ('Showa 4 (1929), October, picture by Kotondo'), followed by rectangular artist's seal reading "Torii". Embossed joint publisher's seal in the lower left margin of Sakai and Kawaguchi. Blocks carved by Ito and printed by Komatsu Wasakichi. Re-issued in the series "Twelve Aspects of Women" circa August 23, 1988. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher (this edition): | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Kawaguchi | Kawaguchi | Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Sakai and Kawaguchi | Kawaguchi | Ishukankokai | Ishukankokai | Ishukankokai | Unknown | Ishukankokai |
| Date of this item: | 1929 | 1930s | 1980s | 1980s | 1980s | 1980s | 1980s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | In the Lyon collection: https://woodblockprints.org/index.php/Detail/objects/1055 Torii Kotondo (????) (artist 1900 – 1976) Rain (Ame - ?: in blind stamped at bottom center just outside the printed area) Date: 10/1929 Dimensions: 11.75 in x 18.25 in (Overall dimensions) Medium: Japanese woodblock print Inscription: Signed: Kotondo ga (???) Artist's seal: Kotondo Date: Showa yonen jugatsu ????? Showa 4, 10th month Title (embossed at bottom): Ame (?) Publishers' seal embossed in lower left: Sakai Kawaguchi go ban Links British Museum - number 134 of 200 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Walters Museum of Art National Museum of Asian Art Yamamoto Art Museum Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art Allentown Museum of Art Description: Lawrence Smith wrote about this image in the curatorial files of the British Museum in 1994: "As the attached label suggests, it was designed very much with the Western market in mind, presenting an image of the Japanese woman which foreigners preferred to see. It was shown at the Toledo Exhibition in 1930. This taste for young women with parasols or umbrellas had been nurtured by the 'Nihonga' painters Uemura Shoen (1875-1949) and Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878-1973), the latter passing it on to his pupils Shinsui and Kotondo himself. The artist uses here a much older Japanese convention in paintings and prints of representing rain by straight lines, but the low, dramatic point of view shows strong Western influence." **** Sotheby's wrote the same information based on Smith's comments: "Arguably Kotondo’s best known design, an impression of the print was exhibited at the Toleda Exhibition organized by Yoshida Hiroshi in 1930. It depicts a gracefully dressed young woman walking in the rain under the shelter of a waxed paper umbrella. Lawrence Smith comments that: ‘This taste for young women with parasols or umbrellas had been nurtured by the Nihonga painters Uemura Shoen (19875-1949) and Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878-1973). The latter passing it on to his pupils Shunsui and Kotondo himself. The artist uses here a much older Japanese convention in paintings and prints of representing rain by straight lines, but the low, dramatic point of view shows strong Western influence" **** The tranliteration of the script along the right side of the print reads: Gaikoku-yuki nihyaku-mai-kagiri zeppan dai go ju ichi-ban Torii Kotondo. ????????? ????? ???? **** This is number 51 of 200. The title is blind stamped at the center of the bottom edge just below the colored part. The publishers' seal is blind stamped outside the image in the lower left margin. **** In The Women of Shin Hanga: The Judith and Joseph Barker Collection of Japanese Prints (p. 200) the entry notes the complexity of printing such a spectacular image. To that they add: "The combination of bokari and gomazuri techniques on the woman's bright obiage is especially delicate." **** There is another copy of this print in the collection of the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida. **** Illustrated: 1) In ???? Torii Kotondo, Gallery Beniya, 1995, p. 30, no. 21. 2) In black and white in ???????? : ????????????? Exhibition of Modern Japanese Beauties: Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Riccar Art Museum, 1982, n.p., no. 84. 3) In black and white as #131 in Modern Japanese Prints by Dorothy Blair, 1977 reprint. (Blair has noted elsewhere that Ito carved the blocks and that the printer was Wasakichi Komatsu.) 4) In black and white reproduction in The Japanese Print Since 1900: Old Dreams and New Visions by Lawrence Smith, page 69, number 45. 5) In color in The Women of Shin Hanga: The Judith and Joseph Barker Collection of Japanese Prints, edited by Allen Hockley, Hood Museum of Art, p. 201. 6) In color in The Female Image: 20th century prints of Japanese beauties, Abe Publisher, 2000, #173, p. 129. 7) In color in Seven Masters: 20th-Century Japanese Woodblock Prints from The Wells Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2015, p. 192. 8) in color in ?????????? (Genshoku Ukiyoe Daihyakka Jiten), vol. 10, p. 66, #231. 9) in color in The New Wave: Twentieth-century Japanese prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection, Bamboo Publishing, Ltd. and Hotei Publishing, 1993, page 199, no. 265. 10) in Modern Japanese Prints, 1912-1989: Woodblocks and Stencils by Lawrence Smith, Cross River Press, 1994, number 41. **** 6 prints of Kotondo's were published jointly by Sakai and Kawaguchi. The second edition of this print was published only by Kawaguchi. Related entities modern prints (shin hanga - ???) (genre) Sakai Kawaguchi (????) (publisher) |
Ross- confirmed embossed seal on verso with hand written edition number in black. Artist: Kotondo, Torii, 1900-1977 Title: Ame (Rain) Edition: 16/300 Date: 1929 Medium: woodblock Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches Illustrated: The Female Image; pl. 173 Condition: Light soiling at front and on reverse; faint running of colors at front bottom and on reverse; light wrinkling at top margins Comments: Printed by Kawaguchi; limited edition blind stamp with handwritten numeration |
Kotondo, Torii- Ame- Rain- Full14.jpg: Sunday, 2 March 2008 Catalog ID: 7240 Artist: Torii Kotondo Title: Ame (Rain) Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Edition No: First - #129/200 Date: 1929 Publisher: Sakai/Kawaguchi Reference No: Female Image, #173 Size: 18-1/4 x 11-3/4 " Condition: Very fine. Very fresh colors. Notes: First edition with the publisher's paper limitation label on the reverse; circular seal of artist. KOTONDO'S MOST POPULAR DESIGN |
Kotondo, Torii- Ame- Rain- Full13.jpg: Thursday, 11 October 2007 Artist: Kotondo Torii 1900-1976 Signature: Showa yonnen jugatsu Kotondo ga Publisher: Kawaguchi and Sakai - (embossed in lower left margin) Seal: Torii Date: Showa 4 = 1929 Size: 30,3 x 46,8 cm Format: dai-oban Title: "Ame" Rain no. 6 of limited editon of 200 Impression: excellent/mint Colors: excellent/mint Condition: fine |
Kotondo, Torii- Ame- Rain- Full12.jpg: Wednesday, 27 June 2007 Title Ame: Rain Artist Torii Kotondo 1900-1976 Date 1929 Dimensions 10" x 16" Medium Woodblock Condition Excellent Edition Size 127/200 |
Faked edition number 304? With impressed Sakai Kawaguchi seals in the left margin, the edition size was 300. A failed attempt at bleaching the paper (note the inks have bled on the verso). Torii Kotondo Lot 49: TORII KOTONDO (Japan, 1900-1976), Rain, from the Twelve Aspects of Women., Woodblock print, 18" x 11.5". Unframed. Description TORII KOTONDO Japan, 1900-1976 Rain, from the Twelve Aspects of Women. Impressed seal lower left. Dimensions Woodblock print, 18" x 11.5". Unframed. Artist or Maker Torii Kotondo |
It looks like someone tried to clean this with a liquid, causing the inks to run. Edition 128/200. ?????? ?????? ?? ?.?463?? ?.?298?? |
Kotondo, Torii, 1900-1977 Ame (Rain) Edition : 139/200 Date : 1929 Medium : woodblock Item# : FWG20577 Condition : Minor fading; faintly light struck Dimensions : 16 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches Comments : Published by Sakai and Kawaguchi |
Kotondo Torii- Ame- Rain- Full17.jpg: Wednesday, 18 February 2009 KOTONDO, Torii (1900 - 1976) RAIN ('Ame') Signature and date printed on image. - Title, 'Ame', blind-printed in lower margin. Signed: Kotondo ga with red seal: Kotondo Publishers: Sakai / kawaguchi gohan ('Joint publication of Sakai and Kawaguchi') - Seals blind-printed in lower left margin * Carver: Ito Printer: Komatsu Wasakichi Dated: Showa 4, 10th month (10/1929) Size: dai oban tate-e (c. 46 x 30 cms / 18 1/8" x 11 7/8) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Condition: Excellent impression, colors and condition. FIRST EDITION. An edition label on the back identifies this impression as no. 56 of a limited edition of 200 and is signed Torii Kotondo (all hand-written in ink). The label is stamped Kotondo. This first edition of the work was issued under the joint publication of Sakai and Kawaguchi. The second edition was published by Kawaguchi alone. ref. no.: # 61 1943 |
ARTIST: Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) TITLE: Ame (Rain) MEDIUM: Woodblock print DATE: 1929 DIMENSIONS: 18 1/4 x 11 /2 inches LITERATURE: The Female Image, pl 172 CONDITION: Excellent condition, no problems to note NOTE: Published by Kawaguchi & Sakai, numbered 54/200 on reverse |
Museum number 1981,0801,0.4 Title Object: Object: Ame (Rain)(Rain) Description Colour woodblock print. Woman in kimono with umbrella in rain. 134/200. Inscribed, signed, sealed and marked. Producer name Print artist: Torii Kiyotada V ??????? Cultures/periods Showa Era Production date 1929 |
Kotondo (1900 - 1976) Rain (Ame) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: October 1929 Size (H x W): 18.25 x 11.75 (inches) Publisher: Sakai and Kawaguchi Seals: Sakai Kawaguchi gohan, edition information embossed on reverse with signature and red Kotondo circular seal Edition: 84/300 (Domestic Edition) Provenance: Garib Collection Signature: Kotondo ga with rectangular seal Kotondo Condition: Very good color and impression, light toning on margins, small tape on reverse. |
Artist Torii Kotondo Title Rain (Limited Edition) Medium Original Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Series Title Beauties Edition 34/300 Date 1929 Publisher Kawaguchi/Sakai Reference No Female Image, #173 Size 18 -1/4 x 11 -3/4 " Condition Very fine, with superb colors. Notes: Edition number #34/300, on reverse. Embossed title in the lower margin reads, "Ami" ('Rain'). Dated and signed center right, "Showa yonnen jugatsu Kotondo ga" ('Showa 4 (1929), October, picture by Kotondo'), followed by rectangular artist's seal reading "Torii". Embossed joint publisher's seal in the lower left margin of Sakai and Kawaguchi. Blocks carved by Ito and printed by Komatsu Wasakichi. |
Torii Kotondo 1900-1976 Rain (Ame) dated and signed at right, Showa yonnen jugatsu, (Showa 4 [1929], 10th month), Kotondo ga, followed by artist's rectangular seal Kotondo; the title, Ame, embossed on bottom margin, the publisher's seals embossed at lower left corner, Sakai Kawaguchi go ban (joint venture); the blocks carved by Ito and printed by Komatsu Wasakichi, with limited edition paper seal hand-numbered on verso, Gaikoku iki ni-hyaku mai kagiri zeppan, dai hyaku nijuyon go, Torii Kotondo (for foreign export, limited edition of 200 printed, number 124, by Torii Kotondo), 1929 dai oban tate-e 18 1/8 by 11 3/4 in., 46.1 by 29.8 cm References: Kato Junzo, comp., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei, 1975-76, Vol. 3, pl. 106 Amy Reigle Stephens, en. ed., The new wave: Twentieth-century Japanese prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection, 1990, p. 199, pl. 265 Lawrence Smith, Modern Japanese Prints 1912-1989: Woodblocks and Stencils, 1994, cat. 41, pl. 40 Amy Reigle Newland, and Hamanaka Shinji, The Female Image: 20th century prints of Japanese beauties, 2000, p. 129, no. 173 |
Kotondo, Torii, 1900-1977 Rain Artist : Kotondo, Torii, 1900-1977 Edition : 133/200 Date : 1929 Medium : woodblock Item# : 960785 Condition : Minor foxing in bottom margin; minor toning Image size : 16 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches Comments : Published by Sakai and Kawaguchi; paper label with edition notation affixed to reverse |
A badly faded example. Note the pinks on the face are completely non-existant, the dark greens and dark purples are much lighter in hue. From JP Woodblock Prints: https://jpwoodblocks.com/product/rain-twelve-aspects-of-women/ Artist Torii Kotondo Series Twelve Aspects of Women Title Rain – Twelve Aspects of Women Year 1929 Description: From the series "Twelve Aspects of Women". A beauty is hiding from the rain under a large umbrella, seemingly looking for someone who has not yet appeared. Condition Excellent, early impression. Re-margined upper and lower margins. |
Artist: TORII, KOTONDO Title: Ame "Rain" Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Edition #: 49/300 Date: 1929 Publisher: Sakai/Kawaguchi Size: 16 x 10 1/4 " (image), 18 x 11 3/4" (paper) Condition: Fine impression and color; very good state. Minor creasing, mainly marginal. Notes: Title blind-stamped in the middle of the bottom margin. Blind-stamped limitation seal on the reverse, numbered in "kanji" in black ink "49/300". Blocks carved by Ito. Printed by Komatsu. Reference: "The New Wave", pl.265. "The Female Image", pl. 173. Provenance: The Tobin Collection (collector's seal in left margin) |
Artist: TORII KOTONDO Title: "Ame" (Rain) Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Edition #: 200 Date: 1929 Publisher: Sakai Kawaguchi Size: 16 x 10 1/4" (image); 18 x 11 3/4" (paper) Condition: Very fine impression, color and atate. Notes: Title blind stamped in the middle of the bottom margin. Paper limitation slip on the reverse, sealed with artist's red chop. Blocks carved by Ito. Printed by Komatsu . Reference: "The New Wave", pl. 265. "The Female Image", Pl. 173. A FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS IMPORTANT KOTONDO WORK |
Tuesday, 27 December 2005 Torii Kotondo (1900 - 1976) Ame (Rain) SIGNATURE: Kotondo ga SEAL: Kotondo PUBLISHER: Sakai/Kawaguchi CARVER: Ito DATE: 1929 EDITION: 35/200 FORMAT: large oban; 18-1/8 x 11-3/4 in. inches, 46.0 x 29.8 cm cm CONDITION very good: small light brown stain in lower margin ; IMPRESSION and COLOR fine REFERENCE: Amy Reigle Newland and Hamanaka Shinji 173; Lawrence Smith, 1983, no.45; Toledo Museum 1936, no.131 |
Saturday, 2 April 2005 No.123 Artist: TORII, Kotondo Description: Rain, ed. 300, numbered, published by Sakai Kawaguchi in 1929 Signed: Kotondo Dimension: 45.5 × 30.0 cm Price: \480,000 Reference: Abe & Hotei Publishing 'The female image'#173 1. ?? ?? 2. ? 3. ?? 4? (1929?) 4. 45.5 × 30.0 cm 5. ?? ??? |
Kotondo, Torii- Ame- Rain- Full10.jpg: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 41.0 x 26.2cm slight soiling |
Kotondo Torii- Ame- Rain- Full16.jpg: Tuesday, 23 December 2008 Artist: Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) Title: Rain (Ame) Date Of Work: 1929 Publisher : Sakai and Kawaguchi Dimensions: 18.125 x 11.75 Condition Fine impression, color and condition. Inventory Number 11081981 |
Kotondo Torii- Ame- Rain- Full20.jpg: Tuesday, 26 October 2010 Torii Kotondo Torii Kotondo - Rain Print No : 249 Artist : Torii Kotondo Size :40.9 x 26.3cm (Image Size) Date : 1929 |
Thursday, 4 May 2006 Artist: Kotondo, Torii, 1900-1977 Title: Ame (Rain) Edition: 107/200 Date: 1929 Medium: woodblock Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches Illustrated: Female Image, pl. 173 Condition: Faint soiling at bottom corners Note: published by Sakai/Kawaguchi, first edition with #107 of an edition of 200 limitation seal on verso. Printed from 14 blocks cut by C. Ito. Signature ?Kotondo Ga? And seal at right center in the image along with the date of Showa 4 years 10 months. (Showa Yo Nen Ju Gatsu). Title blind stamped in the lower center margin. Embossed publishers seal on lower left margin. Paper limitation label on the reverse with the print number, tied to the print with a red stamp. Later: Artist: Torii Kotondo Subject: Rain Date: 1930 Size: 11.75 x 18 inches Published by Sakai and Kawaguchi with 1st edition seal, numbered 107/200, embossed title in bottom margin Medium: Japanese woodblock print |
Artist Torii Kotondo Title Ami (Rain) Medium Original, Limited-Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Series Title Bijin-e Edition 70/300 Date 1929 Publisher Kawaguchi/Sakai Reference No Female Image, # 173 Size 16 x 10 " Condition Edition stamp on the reverse - #70/300. Later from the Art of Japan: TITLE: Ame (Rain) 70/300 (Domestic Edition) DATE: 1929 SIZE: 18.25 x 11.75 MEDIUM: Woodblock Print PUBLISHER: Sakai and Kawaguchi CONDITION: Fine impression, color and condition. |
Kotondo, Torii- Ame- Rain- Full11.jpg: Wednesday, 27 December 2006 Torii Kotondo, 1900-1976 Rain (Ame) Dated and signed at right, Showa yonen jugatsu, (Showa 4 [1929], 10th month), Kotondo ga, followed by artist's rectangular seal Kotondo. The title, Ame, embossed on bottom margin. The publisher's seals embossed at lower left corner, Sakai Kawaguchi go ban (joint venture). The blocks carved by Ito and printed by Komatsu Wasakichi. With embossed limited edition seal hand-numbered on verso, San-hyaku mai kagiri zeppan, dai sanjuichi, go (300 limited edition, number 31). Dai oban tate-e 46.5 by 30 cm Published: The Female Image, 2000, p. 129, pl. 173 |
Catalog ID 9102 Artist Torii Kotondo Title Ami (Rain) Medium Original, Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Series Title Bijin-e (Beauties) Edition #47/200 Date 1929 Publisher Sakai/Kawaguchi Reference No Female Image, #173; The New Wave, #265 Size 18 x 11 -3/4 " Condition Very fine, with fresh colors. Note the pink color on her cheeks and fingers. Notes: Embossed title in the lower margin reads "Ame" (Rain). Dated and signed, center right, 'Showa 4 (1929), October, picture by Kotondo, followed by the rectangular artist's seal reading, "Torii". Embossed joint publisher's seal in the lower left margin. Blocks carved by Ito and printed by Komatsu Wasakichi. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. ######################################### Also listed at https://egenolfgallery.com/products/kot023?variant=29584553836626 Artist: Torii Kotondo Title: Ame (“Rain”) Date: 1929 Strong design of a beauty gracefully wielding a bamboo umbrella against the falling rain. Her beauty and poise seem to represent the ideal Japanese woman. With a limited edition seal on the back numbered 47/200. Condition: Very good impression, color and condition Dimensions: Large ôban Publisher: Kawaguchi & Sakai Literature: “The Female Image”, number 173. Seal: Kotondo Signature: Kotondo ga |
Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Shin Hanga: 'Rain' Lot AU87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Torii Kotondo Format: Dai oban tate-e: 18" x 11.75" approx Torii Kotondo's best known masterwork entitled Ame (Rain), signed Kotondo ga with artist's seal Kotondo, dated Showa 4.10 (October 1929), title embossed in lower margin, embossed seal of publisher Kawaguchi to lower right margin and engravers at left, edition notation on sealed label 'Gaikoku yuki nihyaku mai kagiri zeppan, dai hyaku-go-ju-ni go' (No. 152 of limited edition of 200 for export abroad) to verso. Publisher: Kawaguchi Date: 4th October 1929 Condition: Full size. A tiny paper fracture in lower left margin (.5 cm) repaired. Generally very fine state. Colour: Fine Impression: Fine |
20/12/2004 Signed- Kotondo, with artist’s seal Publisher, printer and carver seals- Red “moneybag” seal of the publisher Ishukankokai, name seal of carver and printer, watermark of publisher (all in margin as shown) Image size- 10 1/4" x 16 1/8" (+ full margins) Sheet size- 13" x 19" (Large woodblock print size) Condition- Absolutely perfect condition with no flaws to note. Excellent color, no fading, fine linework. This print has been stored only, never framed |
Kotondo Torii- Ame- Rain- Full19.jpg: Tuesday, 22 June 2010 Shin Hanga: Rain Lot AU58 Artist: Torii Kotondo Format: Large oban tate-e: 19" x 13" approx Subject: Ame - Rain. From the series, Twelve Aspects of Women. A beauty is hiding from the rain under a large umbrella. Publisher: Orig - Sakai-Kawaguchi, this of later 20th C Date: c.1970 Condition: Full size. Minor marks and flaws. Generally fine state. Colour: Fine Impression: Fine Other Notes: Numbered seventeen from the limited memorial edition and complete with original folder. Estimated Value: £300 - £400 |
Monday, 28 March 2005 A few years after the death of Torii Kotondo in 1976, Ishukankokai, a Tokyo publisher, republished his famous bijin prints from the late 1920s and early 1930s. Those prints are among the most expensive pre-WWII prints, and it is obvious that this 1980s project was meant to offer these designs at more reasonable prices. Fortunately, Ishukankokai did not cut any corners. This standards with which this set was published were incredibly high: the quality of the paper, the carving and the printing are all unsurpassed. In my pictures I have tried to give an impression of the quality of this publication, but 'the real thing' has to be seen to be believed. |
2006?2?17? Shin Hanga: Bijin Bust: Rain Artist: Torii Kotondo Format: Dai oban tate-e: 19" x 11.25" approx Subject: A beautiful young bijin of the upper class, sheltering from a rain shower, under an open umbrella. One of Kotondo's best loved images. Dated, signed and sealed by the artist centre right edge. Date: 1st 1929: this edition later Condition: Full size. Minor wrinkling of paper at base. Generally fine state of preservation. Colour: Fine Impression: Fine with gauffrage. This impression lacks the publisher's seals bottom left and the export limitation seal on verso. |
Ame (rain) by Torii Kotondo. Genuine woodblock print. 19.1 x 13.1 inches. Fine color, condition and impression. Good ink bleedthrough. Nice baren rubbings on verso. Later impression with Ito carver's seal and Uchigawa printer's seal in left margin. Publisher's watermark in lower left corner. |