YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892). The fireman’s wife. (Sold)
Artist:
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Subject:
The fireman’s wife.
Title:
Jiki-tsuki-so: Kaei nenkan anego no fuzoku (Looking as if somebody is about to arrive: the appearance of a fireman’s wife in the Kaei era)
Series:
Fuzoku sanjuniso (Thirty-two aspects of customs and manners).
Signature:
Yoshitoshi. Artist's seal Taiso.
Date:
Meiji 21 (1888)
Publisher:
Tsunashima Kamekichi.
Block-cutter:
Wada Hori Yu
Size:
Ōban tate-e, 37x25,5 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Another example is illustrated and described in detail in John Stevenson, Yoshitoshi’s women The woodblock print series “Fuzoku sanjuniso”, Boulder 1986, no. 32.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colour and conditions.
Item no:
B 185
Status:
Sold