Title |
"Enjoyable - A Music Teacher, Kaei Era" ("Nikurashiso Ansei Nenkan Nagoyajo no Fuzoku") |
Series |
"Thirty-two Aspects of Women" ("Fuzoku Sanjuniso") |
Date |
1888 (Three color cartouche indicative of First Edition printing.) |
Publisher |
Tsunashima Kamekichi (Tokyo) |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Carver: Wada hoir Yu |
Image Size |
9 1/2 x 14 1/8 (slightly trimmed lower image) |
Impression |
Very Fine. Nice "bokashi" shading to face, background, and title cartouche; extensive "burnishing" to black
collar; nicely visible woodgrain top background; over-printed hair to produce layers; crisp, highly detailed carving
of individual hairlines. |
Condition |
Very Good++. Excellent colors. (Margins trimmed; transfer stain upper/right; a few scattered marks, slight soiling.) Retains
original Japanese album backing. |
Reference/Illus |
Stevenson's "Yoshitoshi's Women - The Woodblock-Print Series Fuzoku Sanjuniso" pl.#20 |
Comments |
Dressed in a blue cross-hatched kimono, a music teacher plays her shamisen, a favorite instrument and
symbol of the geisha profession. |
Item # |
BG-362 |
Price |
$875 (Sold/JH) |