Artist |
TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
Title |
"Hazy Springtime Moon" ("Oboroharu") |
Date |
1930-33 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980's.) |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Ishukankokai Publisher |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Itoh Susumu/Watanabe Yoshiaki; watermarked. |
Image Size |
10 x 16 |
Impression |
Very Fine. Superb "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to face and kimono's flowers; light "gauffrage" to
hair-pin and falling cherry blossoms; highly detailed carving. |
Condition |
Nearly Excellent. Strong colors. (Very faint spotting to lower chin, otherwise flawless.)
Still in original "presentation folder." |
Reference/Illus |
"The Female Image," Plate #180; Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #136. |
Comments |
Lifetime total 21 images (most 1927-34). "Re-strike" published as a small, immediately sold out edition
(100 copies) in the mid-1980's by Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo (with red "moneybag" seal). |
Item # |
DG-281 |
Price |
$850 |