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KOTONDO, Torii (1900-1976)		SNOW ('Yuki')
		Signed:                    Kotondo Sealed:                     (red artist's seal) Kotondo Date:                        1980s (*)  (originally published in 1929) Publisher:                Ishu-kanko-kai, with watermark sign at lower left Size:                         dai oban (c. 48.5 x 33 cms / 19" x 13" - including margins) (*) Commemorative edition. Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition; comes with the original, titled, decorative publisher's presentation folder. ref. no.: # 773398 Price:    € 900.00

This print is from Torii KOTONDO's series: Twelve aspects of women. - A beauty is warming herself in a kotatsu (Japanese, traditional foot warmer, usually built into the floor). Falling snow is seen through the window in the background. The alluring bijin ('beautful women') prints of the Shin Hangs ('New prints') period were the highlight of the Japanese woodblock print making tradition. Many of the originals from that period achieve prices of more than $3,000 today.

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