Japanese Woodblock Prints

Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) | Summer Geisha (Natsuko) | Showa period, 20th century

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March 23, 03:22 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Torii Kotondo (1900-1976)

Summer Geisha (Natsuko)

Showa period, 20^th century

woodblock print, embellished with mica, signed Kotondo ga (Pictured by Kotondo), and with artist's red square seal, titled as above on the bottom margin, with publisher's unnumbered limited edition cartouche on verso, Ikeda hanken shoyu, hyaku mai kagiri zepan, dai yon go [copyright reserved, Ikeda, limited edition of 100, number 4), 1934

Vertical dai oban: 43.8 x 28.9 cm., 17 ¼ x 11¾ in.

For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts (The MAK), Vienna, inventory number KI 13615, go to:

https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-196406

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