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: Looking Smoky Artist: Yoshitoshi Format: Oban tate-e: 14.75" x 10"
Subject: A Housewife of the Kyowa era (1801-04). The woman fanning a fire, her eyes running in the smoke. One of the most sought after of Yoshitoshi bijin designs.
Publisher: Tsunashima Kamekichi
Date: 1888
Condition: Full size. Album backing paper. Some light stains and toning. Minor soils, marks and flaws. Generally very good state.
Colour: Fine colors.
Impression: Very good impression with gauffrage.
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Tuesday, 13 September 2005
32 Aspects of Women: #6 Looking 'Smoky' Artist: Yoshitoshi Format: Oban tate-e: 14" x 9.5" approx
Subject: #6 A housewife of the Kyowa era (1801-1804) fanning a fire, her eyes squinting against the smoke. From the series, Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners of Women, which we shall be auctioning in its entirety over the next few weeks.
Publisher: Tsunashima Kamekichi
Date: 1888
Condition: Very slightly trimmed. Laid down on album backing, as issued. Some minor offsetting on left and at base. Minor soils, marks and flaws. Generally very good state.
Colour: Fine
Impression: Fine 1st edition with 3-color title cartouche |