Japanese Art Open Database
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A bijin is shown in a private moment characteristic of Kotondo's bijin-ga: absorbed in her own world, the viewer an unseen witness to her solitude. The print dates from 1930, the peak year of Kotondo's woodblock production, when he was issuing a remarkable succession of refined compositions exploring women in quiet, intimate moments. The atmospheric handling of background and the sensitivity of line to the body's posture mark the work as characteristic of his finest period.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Japanese Art Open Database was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in 1930.
Japanese Art Open Database was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930).
Japanese Art Open Database depicts figures and bijin-ga.