mia-japanese-korean: Fine Weather in Early-summer, Torii Kotondo, May 1936, Minneapolis Institute of
mia-japanese-korean: Fine Weather in Early-summer, Torii Kotondo, May 1936, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Arthead and shoulders of a woman, looking over her PR shoulder; blue, purple, grey and white kimono; purple and white obi with fish pattern Kotondo often portrayed women who appear to be slightly behind the times, whose simple dress and hairstyles and unaffected gestures seem charmingly feminine. Among his works, this frontispiece (kuchi-e) from the May 1936 issue of the magazine Ukiyo-e Kai (Ukiyo-e World) well represents this feminine élan. Dressed in a simple striped kimono in subdued colors, the woman looks over her shoulder toward the viewer, her gaze impassive and peaceful. A glimpse of her red undergarment, accenting her bare neck, conveys a subtle and decorous eroticism.Size: 7 1/8 × 4 ¾ in. (18.1 × 12.07 cm) (image)Medium: Woodblock printed book page; ink and color on paperhttps://collections.artsmia.org/art/62433/ -- source link
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