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 1941 woodblock print commemorating the memorable stage performances of Yoshimura Ijuro VI — an actor known for particular interpretations of female roles in the onnagata tradition. Kotondo renders the performance through ink and color on paper, capturing the actor's stage persona in the heightened register of theatrical portraiture. The work belongs to the long tradition of actor prints (yakusha-e) that the Torii school had sustained since the Edo period, and Kotondo's late contribution to this tradition demonstrates his continued engagement with the kabuki world.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Yoshimura Ijūrō VI’s Memorable Stage Concerts was created by Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人) in 1941.
Yoshimura Ijūrō VI’s Memorable Stage Concerts was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1941).
Yoshimura Ijūrō VI’s Memorable Stage Concerts depicts figures, kabuki, and portraits.
Yoshimura Ijūrō VI’s Memorable Stage Concerts measures 42.2 × 55.6 cm (Oban format).
