Torii Kotondo

1900-1976

Summer Geisha
(Natsuko)

Signed Kotondo ga with red square artist's seal unread; the title, Natsuko, embossed on the bottom margin. With publisher's unnumbered limited edition cartouche on verso, Ikeda hanken shoyu, hyaku mai kagiri zepan, - kai dai - go (Ikeda, copyright; edition limited to 100, - printing, - number). Undated, published in 1934.

dai oban tate-e 44.8 by 29 cm

Published:
Reigle Newland, Amy, and Hamanaka Shinji, The Female Image, 2000, p. 140, pl. 187 (titled 'Geisha in summer style')

Reference:
Katô, Junzô, comp., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei, 1975-76, Vol. III, pl. 110

price: Sold