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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tsuji Shindō (1910-1981) , Female Nude
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tsuji Shindō (1910-1981) , Female Nude
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tsuji Shindō (1910-1981) , Female Nude
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Tsuji Shindō (1910-1981) 

Female Nude 

Signed “Tsuji” on the base
With a letter written by the artist (1941), a box signed by the artist
W10 x H31.5 cm


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Fine touches from the mould are left on its surface, giving the inorganic metallic texture a sense of humane animation. Her posture of touching hair with two hands is found in Tsuji Shindo’s 1940 wood carving Girl. Perhaps for Shindo, this is a pose that reflects the inner world of his model.

This work comes with a letter—probably addressed to the figure who commissioned the present work—by the artist. It is dated on March 17, and its stamp suggests that it was the year of 1941 when Shindo was thirty-three. Five years before, in 1936, he got married and moved to Ikebukoro, Tokyo. Three years before, in 1938, he was given the Buddhist name “Shindo” after many years of admiration of Zen since adolescence. In 1941, his wood carving work Country Man was awarded the second at Inten, which demonstrates his mastery of representing human body and facial expressions, shared by the present work.

Until around 1950, Shindo developed his style further to deformed, geometric forms, which gave birth to the novel ceramic art form, tocho, that have influenced Japanese avant-garde ceramics, including Sodeisha, greatly. The present work reveals Shindo’s comprehensive knowledge and skill of realism behind his cutting-edge expression.

Tsuji Shindo (sculptor; 1910–1981)
Tottori-born sculptor. At first worked as a wood sculptor. Later applied the technique of sculpting on stonewares, creating works which are called “tocho,” or pottery sculpture. Produced a body of substantial works that comprises modern forms and Zen Buddhist thoughts.
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