Artist |
TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
Title |
"Leaving the Bath House" ("Yu-gaeri") |
Date |
1933 (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. |
Image Size |
10 1/4 x 16 1/8 |
Impression |
Fine. Nicelyly executed "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to face, hand and bowl; light "gauffrage" to kimono's pattern; strong "baren-sujizuri" (circles) to brown background; nicely over-printed hairlines. |
Condition |
Excellent. (Flawless--still in original "presentation folder.") |
Reference/Illus |
"The Female Image," Plate #183-1 (brown-background state). Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #137. |
Comments |
A young beauty is seen as she leaves through the entrance curtains of a public bath house. Amoung Kotondo's lifetime total 21 images (most 1927-33). Re-strike published as small/immediately sold out edition (100 copies) in the mid-1980's by Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo (with red "moneybag" seal). |
Item # |
JS-1978 |
Price |
$1150 |