Vapor (Yuge)
- Date:
- 1929
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
Description
Rising steam (yuge) from a bath surrounds a woman in warm vapor, the heat rendered through soft tonal gradations. The 1929 Vapor design is among Kotondo's sustained explorations of the bathhouse subject — a setting that permitted the depiction of the female body in states of undress while maintaining a quality of intimacy rather than display. The steam blurs the contours of the scene, making atmosphere as much the subject as the figure within it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Vapor (Yuge) was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in 1929.
Vapor (Yuge) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1929).
Vapor (Yuge) depicts nude, bijin-ga, and daily life.