Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) | |||||
| Title: | Morning hair | |||||
| Size: | 40.8 x 25.6 cm (dai ōban) | |||||
| Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Theo Janssen |
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Originally published in 1932. This print is a later edition of 100 prints, published around the mid 1980s.
Artist’s signature in upper left of print area:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 言 | koto | word | Picture |
| 人 | hito | person | by |
| 画 | ga | picture | Kotondo |
Followed by artist’s Shi seal:
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Names of printer and carver in lower left margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 摺 | suri | printer | |
| 師 | shi | master | Printer: |
| 渡 | wata(ru) | cross | |
| 辺 | -be | vicinity | |
| 義 | gi | justice | Watanabe |
| 明 | aki(raka) | clear | Yoshiaki |
| 彫 | hori | carver | |
| 師 | shi | master | Carver: |
| 小 | ko- | little | |
| 池 | ike | pond | Koike |
| 茂 | shige(ru) | grow thick | Shigeru |
Red artist’s seal in lower left margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 著 | cho | write | |
| 作 | saku | make | |
| 権 | ken | authority | |
| 者 | sha | person | |
| 検 | ken | inspection | |
| 印 | in | seal | Artist’s seal: |
| 鳥 | tori | bird | |
| 居 | i(ru) | be | Torii |
Red publisher’s moneybag seal in lower left margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 版 | han | edition | |
| 元 | gan | origin | |
| 検 | ken | inspection | |
| 印 | in | seal | Publisher’s seal: |
| 遺珠刊行会 | Ishu Kankokai |
Watermark with characters 山荘 (i.e., sansō, which translates into ‘‘mountain villa’’) in lower left margin.
References
- Martin, Katherine (2006). Highlights of Japanese printmaking. Part 2: Shin Hanga. New York: Scholten Japanese Art.
- Narazaki, Muneshige, ed. (1990). Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western collections. The Robert O. Muller Collection. Tokyo: Kodansha International.
- Newland, Amy Reigle, and Uhlenbeck, Chris, Eds. (1990). Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga. New York: Mallard Press.
- Newland, Amy Reigle, and Shinji, Hamanaka (2000). The female image. Leiden: Hotei Publishing.
- Newland, Amy Reigle, ed. (2004). Printed to Perfection. Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection. Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, in association with Sackler Gallery/Smithsonian Institution.
- Stephens, Amy Reigle (1993). The New Wave: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection. London: Bamboo Publishing.
- Takashima, Masao (1995). Torii Kotondo. Wood Block Prints. Tokyo: Gallery Beniya.
- The Toledo Museum of Art, Ed. (1936). Modern Japanese prints: wood-block prints by ten artists. Ohio: Toledo.
Provenance: Ross Walker’s Ohmi Gallery