Late Spring- Scroll
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- 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 amid the soft haze of late spring, the composition suggesting blossoms or budding foliage through atmospheric gradients rather than specific botanical detail. The scroll format — whether literal or compositionally referenced — places the work in dialogue with the classical Japanese painting tradition, lending Kotondo's bijin-ga subject a contemplative, timeless quality. Spring bokashi gradations dissolve the background into a warm, diffuse light.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Late Spring- Scroll was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in Not set.
Late Spring- Scroll uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Late Spring- Scroll was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not set).
Late Spring- Scroll depicts spring.
