| Artist | TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
| Title | "Combing the Hair" ("Kamisuki") |
| Date | 1933 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980) |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Ishukankokai |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Ito Susumu/Kajikawa Yoshio; watermarked. |
| Image Size | 10 1/4 x 16 (plus wide margins) |
| Impression | Very Fine. Excellent colors with deep saturation. Nicely over-printed hairlines;
superbly executed "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Very Good to Nearly Excellent. (Faint spotting left and upper margins; very faint on hand--otherwise flawless.) Still in original "presentation folder." |
| Reference/Illus | "The Female Image," Plate #184. Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #139. |
| Comments | Lifetime total 21 images (most 1927-33). Re-strike published as small and immediately "sold out" edition (100 copies) in the mid-1980's by Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo (with red "moneybag" seal). |
| Item # | DG-254 |
| Price | $1650 (Sold/MD) |