| Artist | TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
| Title | "Morning Hair" ("Asa Negami") |
| Date | 1930 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980's.) |
| Provenance | Found in small Tokyo book/print shop. |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Ishukankokai Publisher |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Koike Shigeru/Watanabe Yoshiaki; watermarked "Sanso". |
| Image Size | 10 1/8 x 16 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Over-printed hairlines; superb "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to face and head-rest; light "gauffrage" to green mosquito netting; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Excellent. (Minor ink-smudge just right of head, otherwise flawless--still in original "presentation folder.") |
| Reference/Illus | Cover illustration to "The New Wave" book; "The Female Image," Plate #178; Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #133. |
| 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 # | JS-1968 |
| Price | $1850 (Sold) |