| Artist | TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
| Title | "Rain" ("Ame") |
| Date | 1929 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980's.) |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Ishukankokai Publisher |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | ITOH Susumu/UCHIKAWA Matashiro; watermarked "Sanso." |
| Image Size | 10 1/4 x 15 7/8 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to face and yellow of umbrella; "baren sujizuri" circles to umbrella's underside; light "gauffrage" to hair, umbrella, and rain; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Very Good to Nearly Excellent. Excellent colors. (Very faint scattered spotting to face--otherwise flawless.) |
| Reference/Illus | "The Female Image," Plate #173; Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #131. |
| 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 # | GG-161 |
| Price |
$925.00 Special
($1950 if perfect) |