| Title | "Dangerous - A Contemporary Geisha of the Meiji Era" ("Abunaso Meiji Nenkan Toji Geigi 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 1/2 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; extensive "gauffrage" (embossing) to patterned collar and kimono; visible "woodgrain" to kimono; crisp, highly detailed carving of individual hairlines. (VIEW representative verso "bleed-through.") |
| Condition | Nearly Excellent. Fresh, strong colors. Clean front and verso. (Short soft diagonal crease lower/right corner; few scattered marks; 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.#28 |
| Comments | Holding a wooden post, this geisha steadies herself as she boards a pleasure boat. |
| Item # | EG-236 |
| Price | $850 |
