Spring Breeze
春風
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
春風
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 young woman stands in a gentle spring breeze that stirs the sleeves of her kimono and lifts a few strands of hair from her elaborately styled coiffure. The subtle movement created by the wind adds dynamism to the typically static bijin-ga format. Cherry blossoms drift through the air, completing the picture of spring''s arrival.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Spring Breeze (春風) was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in 1930.
Spring Breeze was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930).
Spring Breeze depicts spring.
