In Late Autumn
- Date:
- circa 1920-1940
- Medium:
- Painting
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
Kotondo is best known for bijin-ga, but his complete oeuvre includes actor prints and other figure subjects. His small corpus of only 21 designs ensures that all authenticated period impressions carry collector interest and scarcity premiums.
A woman stands in late autumn, the season conveyed through the painting's warm, deepening palette. Kotondo uses the decay of autumn as an emotional register rather than a compositional element — the season's mood inflects the figure's bearing, lending her stillness a quality of contemplative gravity. The work suggests the mature direction of Kotondo's painting practice, which continued alongside his woodblock work and shared its essential concerns: quiet women, seasonal atmosphere, the interior life rendered through posture and light.
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
In Late Autumn was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in circa 1920-1940.
In Late Autumn uses Bokashi, on painting.
In Late Autumn was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (circa 1920-1940).
In Late Autumn depicts autumn foliage.
