下地化 Shitaji-ka - Changing the foundation - Kuchi-e from Bungaku Kurabu revue 文藝倶楽部, vol 27, n0 10, - Torii Kotondo - 鳥居 言人 (1900 – 1976) - Japan

Bungaku Kurabu revue 文藝倶楽部, volume 27, number 10, Taisho 10/1921

A superb find of a previously undocumented/unknown Torii Kotondo kuchi-e (口絵)

Title in colophon reads: 口絵 [下地化] . . . . . . 鳥居 言人 Kuchi-e [Shitaji-ka] Torii Kotondo

Unfortunately the print is not a woodblock, but a lithography. Nonetheless, a fantastic addition to any Kotondo collector!

The kuchi-e is not currently documented in any catalogue/library or database either in Western world or in Japan.

From 1918 until around 1926 Kotondo studied under the supervision of the great Kiyokata Kaburagi, actively contributing to a few magazines that were en vogue. This is the earliest known Kotondo kuchi-e, 1921, also a magnific design, a woman changing make-up foundation

Size: 32 x 22. 5 cm (unfolded)

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Enjoy this great piece of hanga history!