| Title | "Sleepy: The Appearance of a Prostitute of the Meiji Era" ("Nemuso Meiji Nenkan Shogi no Fuzoku") |
| Series | "Thirty-two Aspects of Women" ("Fuzoku Sanjuniso") |
| Date | April 1888 (Second edition printing with one color cartouche.) |
| Publisher | Tsunashima Kamekichi (Tokyo) |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Carver: Yamamoto to |
| Image Size | 9 5/8 x 14 3/8 (Plus full, original margins--note "kento" mark lower right corner.) |
| Impression | Very Fine. Nice "bokashi" shading to face, foliage, left background; extensive cross-hatched "cheese-cloth gauffrage" to upper right background, white under-garment, and rolled tissue end; over-printed hair to produce layers; crisp, highly detailed carving of individual hairlines. |
| Condition | Very Good++. Excellent colors. (A few minor marks, surface scratches, and light wear.) Unbacked--full, original margins (note "kento" mark lower right corner). |
| Reference/Illus | Stevenson's "Yoshitoshi's Women - The Woodblock-Print Series Fuzoku Sanjuniso" pl.#30 |
| Comments | Considered by Japanese connoisseurs to be the finest image of the "Fuzoku" series' 32 prints. |
| Item # | BG-219 |
| Price | $950 (Sold) |