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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Tsunashima Kamekichi Tsunashima Kamekichi Tsunashima Kamekichi
Date of this item: 1888 1888 1888
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.:
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.
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). Woman reading a book, her cat sleeping in front of her on a kotatsu (a low table also serving as a brazier).

Publisher: Tsunashima Kamekichi

Date: 1888

Condition: Fine colors. Very slightly trimmed at base. Minor toning, marks and flaws. Generally fine state.

Impression: Fine first edition impression with gauffrage and burnishing. Strong woodgrain visible in the background.
32 Aspects of the Manners of Women: # 4 Looking Warm

Artist: Yoshitoshi
Format: Oban tate-e: 14.25" x 9.75"

Subject: An urban widow of the Kansei era (1789-1801). Woman reading a book, her Cat sleeping in front of her on a kotatsu (a low table also serving as a brazier).

Publisher: Tsunashima Kamekichi

Date: 2/3/1888

Condition: Fine colors. Slightly trimmed in margins. Album backing paper. Soils and light foxing. Minor offsetting, marks and flaws. Fairly good state of preservation.

Impression: Very good impression with gauffrage and three color cartouche.
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