| Artist | TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
| Title | "Applying Powder" ("Kesho") |
| Date | 1929 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980's.) |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Ishukankokai Publisher |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Itoh Susumu/Watanabe Yoshiaki; watermarked. |
| Image Size | 10 1/4 x 16 (plus wide margins) |
| Impression | Very Fine. Nicely over-printed hairlines; superb "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to face, hand and body; light "gauffrage" to face, hand, and red robe; light "burnishing" to hair; bold "sujizuri" tracings to background; highly detailed carving. ("Printer's crease" to outer right margin area.) |
| Condition | Excellent. (Still in original "presentation folder." No flaws noted.) |
| Reference/Illus | Cover illustration to "The Female Image" book; "The Female Image," Plate #167; Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #127. |
| 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 # | EG-126 |
| Price | $1500 (Sold/JG) |