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KOTONDO, Torii (1900-1976)		Hazy Spring ('Oboro haru')
		Signed:                    Kotondo Sealed:                     (red artist's seal) Kotondo Carver:                    Ito Susumu Printer:                    Uchikawa Matashiro Date:                        1980s (*)  (first published in 1931) Publisher:                Ishukankokai, with watermark sign at lower left Size:                         dai oban (c. 44 x 31.5 cms / 17 3/8" x 12 3/8" - including margins) (*) Commemorative edition. Condition: Excellent impression and color, minor foxing, else in excellent condition. Printed on Japanese washi paper with Sanso watermark. ref. no.: # 773368 Price:    € 900.00

This print is from Torii KOTONDO's series: Twelve aspects of women, entitled: 'Hazy Spring' (Oboru haru), - A beauty is looking at the hazy moon. Cherry petals are falling around her. The alluring bijin ('Beautiful women') prints of the Shin hanga period (c. 1900-1950) have been the highlight of the Japanese woodblock print making tradition. Many of the originals from the period sell for prices over $ 4,000 today.

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