In Late Autumn
- Date:
- circa 1920-1940
- Medium:
- Painting
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
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.
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Tengui Rock, Autumn in Shiobara (Shiobara no aki (Tenguiwa))
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.