Looking Warm
by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892) Taiso

	Artist:	Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892) Taiso — 月岡芳年
	Title:	Looking Warm
	Series:	32 Aspects of Customs & Manners of Women
	Date of first edition?:	1888
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Tsunashima Kamekichi
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Tsunashima Kamekichi
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	34647
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners: # 4 Looking Warm Artist: Yoshitoshi Format: Oban tate-e: 14.75" x 10" Subject: An urban widow of the Kansei era (1789-1801). A woman reading a book, her cat sleeping beside her on a Kotatsu (a low table also serving as a brazier). Her eyebrows are painted in light blue, which indicates that they had been shaved, following the customs of married women in the Edo period. The cat is hiding its head under the front paws to keep warm. Publisher: Tsunashima Kamekichi Date: 1888 Condition: Full size. Album backing paper. Minor soils, foxing, marks and flaws. Generally very good state. Colour: Fine colors. Impression: Very good impression with gauffrage.