MWB Studios
| Peony Snowflakes By Torii Kotondo, 1931 |
Peony is a limited edition of 25
Torii Kotondo, 1900-1976
Of all the early Showa era bijin-ga artists, prints by Torii Kotondo are always certain to take your breath away.
Kotondo was born in Tokyo's Nihonbashi with the name Saito Akira. At the age of 15 he was adopted into the
Torii family by Torii Kiyotada (Torii VII) and given the name Kotondo. In the Taisho era he studied under
Kobori Tomone and the bijin-ga artist Kaburagi Kiyokata. In 1925 he began exhibiting bijin-ga paintings at
Inten, and then designed almost all his woodblock bijin-ga prints from 1927 to 1933, first via the publisher Sakai
and Kawaguchi, and later via Ikeda. In 1941 he became Torii VIII (Kiyotada V) after is adoptive father's death.
He is known to have published only 22 bijin-ga woodblock prints, all of which are exceptionally rare and
expensive.
Of all the early Showa era bijin-ga artists, prints by Torii Kotondo are always certain to take your breath away.
Kotondo was born in Tokyo's Nihonbashi with the name Saito Akira. At the age of 15 he was adopted into the
Torii family by Torii Kiyotada (Torii VII) and given the name Kotondo. In the Taisho era he studied under
Kobori Tomone and the bijin-ga artist Kaburagi Kiyokata. In 1925 he began exhibiting bijin-ga paintings at
Inten, and then designed almost all his woodblock bijin-ga prints from 1927 to 1933, first via the publisher Sakai
and Kawaguchi, and later via Ikeda. In 1941 he became Torii VIII (Kiyotada V) after is adoptive father's death.
He is known to have published only 22 bijin-ga woodblock prints, all of which are exceptionally rare and
expensive.
Peony Snowflakes is based on a Japanese woodblock print by Torii Kotondo circa 1931 The piece is 20-1/2" x 15" x
1" thick. It is covered with ribbon sapeli, wenge, maple, bubunga, carpathian burl, walnut, purple heart and
sycamore.
1" thick. It is covered with ribbon sapeli, wenge, maple, bubunga, carpathian burl, walnut, purple heart and
sycamore.
$500.00