Torii Kotondo (1900-1976)
'Snow' (Yuki), 1929
Woodblock print
Signed: 'Kotondo ga'
Artist's red seal: 'Kotondo'
Dated: 1929, 10th month ('Showa yonen jugatsu')
Publisher: Sakai and Kawaguchi (embossed seal at lower left margin 'Sakai Kawaguchi go ban' [Sakai Kawaguchi joint publication])
Embossed title 'Yuki' in bottom margin
Reverse with embossed limited-edition seal numbered 54/300
Signed: 'Kotondo ga'
Artist's red seal: 'Kotondo'
Dated: 1929, 10th month ('Showa yonen jugatsu')
Publisher: Sakai and Kawaguchi (embossed seal at lower left margin 'Sakai Kawaguchi go ban' [Sakai Kawaguchi joint publication])
Embossed title 'Yuki' in bottom margin
Reverse with embossed limited-edition seal numbered 54/300
Vertical dai-oban:
46.7 x 30 cm. (18 ⅜ x 11 ¾ in.)
46.7 x 30 cm. (18 ⅜ x 11 ¾ in.)
Very good impression, colour and condition, very minor toning and a few small and very light creases to margins.
A young woman appears deep in thought, sitting in an interior beside a window revealing snow falling over a lake outside. She wears multiple layers of kimono due to the...
A young woman appears deep in thought, sitting in an interior beside a window revealing snow falling over a lake outside. She wears multiple layers of kimono due to the winter season and sits warming herself under a kotatsu heater, the blanket of which features a bold geometric pattern in blue and red stripes.
This is a fine example amongst Kotondo's bijin-ga.
Two similar impressions are in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession nos. P.77.28.6 and 2002.161.128, go to:
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/80123/snow-torii-kotondo
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/62447/snow-torii-kotondo
This is a fine example amongst Kotondo's bijin-ga.
Two similar impressions are in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession nos. P.77.28.6 and 2002.161.128, go to:
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/80123/snow-torii-kotondo
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/62447/snow-torii-kotondo