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Tipsy — ほろ酔 by Torii Kotondo — Japanese Woodblock print, 1932

Tipsy — ほろ酔

by Torii Kotondo

Shin-hanga
FiguresBijin-gaFood & Drink
Date:
1932
Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo

Description

A woman has been drinking, her cheeks flushed with the pleasant warmth of sake, her composure slightly loosened. The title Horoyoi — "tipsy" or "pleasantly drunk" — names a specific emotional state: not intoxication but the happy, uninhibited warmth that precedes it. Kotondo depicts the woman in this state with affection and without judgment, the slight flush of the cheeks and the loosening of careful self-presentation captured in a composition that is both intimate and gently comic.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Tipsy — ほろ酔 was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in 1932.

Tipsy — ほろ酔 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1932).

Tipsy — ほろ酔 depicts figures, bijin-ga, and food & drink.