Catalog record · 目録番号 115162

Morning Hair - Asa Negami

朝寝髪

Artist / 作者: Torii Kotondo (Kiyotada V)鳥居言人（五代目鳥居清忠）
Date / 年代: 1931
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / ohmi
Digital image / 画像: 1382 × 2000 px
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ

Catalog note / 解説

Artist Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) Title: Morning Hair Date Of Work: 1931 November (confirmed) Publisher: Ikeda Dimensions: 19 x 11.75 inches Limited edition of only 100 prints, after which the blocks were destroyed. Scene number 1 among 12 Ikeda published scenes. Notes: Very rare. Kotondo's most famous design. The police banned this scene under the "Peace Preservation Law" of 1928, and confiscated the prints and blocks after 70 impressions had been printed. Why? Because of that comb in the lower right corner (too sexually suggestive. Go figure!). Ikeda marked all 70 prints with an X, gouged the blocks, and then handed them into the police (above data from the publisher Ikeda Tomizo's brother…

Image record / 画像情報

OHMI · 1931 1980s) · ohmi

The catalog page is text-only. The reviewed image is available in the Ukiyo-e app for iPhone and iPad.