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KIYOTADA V (= KOTONDO, Torii) (1900-1976)		BIJIN holding a pouch containing grass-paper (cosmetics tissues)
		Signed:                    Kiyotada hitsu> Sealed:                     (red artist's seal) Torii Date:                        c. 1954 Publisher:                (self-published) Size:                         dai oban ('large' oban) Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition. - MINT. - Superb silver mica background in PERFECT condition. - ref. no.: # 702583 Price:    € 850.00

A work in the typical post-WWII style of TorIi KOTONDO, whose father was TORII KIYOTADA IV, the seventh head of the famous Torii school founded by Torii Kiyonobu (c. 1664-1729). In 1929, Kotondo officially succeeded his father as the head of the Torii school, taking the name Torii KIYOTADA V.

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