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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Tsunashima Kamekichi Tsunashima Kamekichi
Date of this item: 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: 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.
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
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