Seated Woman

A woman sits in a composed pose, the 1936 date placing this among Kotondo's late bijin-ga output, when his production had slowed to near-silence. The seated posture — formal, self-contained — differs from the absorbed domestic moments that populate his earlier work, suggesting a more deliberate, composed subject. The print demonstrates that Kotondo's technical mastery remained intact through the long intervals of his working life, the line as refined and the color as sensitive as in his most celebrated early work.