| Title | "Dark - A Wife, Meiji Era" ("Karaso Meiji Nenkan Saikun no Fuzoku") |
| Series | "Thirty-two Aspects of Women" ("Fuzoku Sanjuniso") |
| Date | 1888 (Second edition printing with one-color cartouche.) |
| Publisher | Tsunashima Kamekichi (Tokyo) |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Carver: Wada hoir Yu |
| Image Size | 9 5/8 x 14 1/4 (Plus full, original margins--note "kento" mark lower right corner.) |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully "bokashi" shading; over-printed hair to produce layers;
light "gauffrage" (embossing) to pillow and body areas;
crisp, highly detailed carving of individual hairlines.
(VIEW representative verso "bleed-through.") |
| Condition | Nearly Excellent. Bold, fresh colors. Clean front and verso. (Light wear; slight toning.) Unbacked. Full, original margins (note "kento" mark lower right corner). |
| Reference/Illus | Stevenson's "Yoshitoshi's Women - The Woodblock-Print Series Fuzoku Sanjuniso" pl.#27 |
| Comments | At dusk, this wife is seen lighting the wick of an oil lamp--her collar having slipped off her shoulder in a sensual manner. |
| Item # | EG-235 |
| Price | $1250 (Sold/JG) |
