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Kimono Underwear by Torii Kotondo — Japanese Woodblock print, July 1929

Kimono Underwear

by Torii Kotondo

Shin-hanga
FiguresBijin-gaInteriors
Date:
July 1929
Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo

Description

A woman adjusts her kimono undergarment, caught in the private ritual of dressing. Kotondo renders the loose, unstructured folds of the nagajuban with extraordinary sensitivity, the light-colored silk cascading away from the body in soft waves. The intimacy of the subject — a woman half-dressed, absorbed in her own reflection — exemplifies the artist's gift for finding quiet drama in the mundane acts of feminine life.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Kimono Underwear was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in July 1929.

Kimono Underwear was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (July 1929).

Kimono Underwear depicts figures, bijin-ga, and interiors.