Steam
Artist
Torii Kotondo
(Japanese, 1900 - 1976)
Place of OriginJapan
Date1929
PeriodShowa period (1926-1989)
CultureJapanese
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsImage: H. 17 3/4 in × W. 11 3/4 in (45.1 cm × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hugh M. Williamson
Object number1990.8.6
DepartmentJapanese Art
ClassificationsPrints And Drawings
On View
Not on viewThis print portrays a young woman in a hot bath, wiping her face with a blue cotton towel decorated with a plum blossom pattern. Like other women Kotondo depicted, she is elegantly beautiful. The steamy atmosphere is expressed by swirling marks in the background made with a printer’s baren, a flat disk-shaped hand tool pressed against the back of the paper in the printing process.
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