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Spring Breeze by Torii Kotondo — Japanese Color woodblock print, 1930

Spring Breeze

春風

by Torii Kotondo

Shin-hanga
Spring
Date:
1930
Medium:
Color woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo

Description

A young woman is shown in close-up profile, her elaborate black coiffure dressed with a red floral hairband, a pale pink hair ornament, and a round multicolored kanzashi. She wears a deep indigo kimono patterned with pale floral outlines over a light blue collar and an orange-and-white patterned underlayer, set against a plain grey background. *Spring Breeze*, a color woodblock print by Torii Kotondo, 1930.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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.