YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892). A Meiji lady
Artist:
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Subject:
A lady from Meiji period dressed in western style.
Title:
Sampogashita-so: Meiji nenkan saikun no fuzuku (Looking as if she is enjoying a stroll: the apparence of a lady of the Meiji era)
Series:
Fuzoku sanjuniso (Thirty-two aspects of customs and manners).
Signature:
Yoshitoshi. Artist's seal Taiso.
Publisher:
Tsunashima Kamekichi.
Block-cutter:
Horiko Wada to
Size:
Ōban tate-e, 37x25,3 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print
Literature:
Another example is illustrated in John Stevenson, Yoshitoshi’s women The woodblock print series “Fuzoku sanjuniso”, Boulder 1986, no. 32.
Conditions:
Very good impression, fine colour. A faint yellow stain on the reverse otherwise fine conditions.
Item no:
B194