| Artist | Yoshitoshi TAISO (1839-1892) |
| Title | "Chilly - A Concubine, Bunka Era" ("Tsumetaso Bunka Menkan Mekake no Fuzoku") |
| Series | "Thirty-two Aspects of Women" ("Fuzoku Sanjuniso") |
| Date | 1888, original print (Second edition printing with one-color cartouche.) |
| Publisher | Tsunashima Kamekichi (Tokyo) |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Carver: Wada hoir Yu |
| Image Size | 9 3/8 x 14 1/8 (Plus top margin--note "kento" mark lower right corner.) |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; over-printed hair to produce layers; extensive light "gauffrage" (embossing) to falling water, tissues, and collar; crisp, highly detailed carving of individual hairlines. |
| Condition | Nearly Excellent. Strong fresh colors. Clean front and verso. (Light wear; slight toning.) Backed with old paper. Trimmed to margin edges (note "kento" mark lower right corner). |
| Reference/Illus | Stevenson's "Yoshitoshi's Women - The Woodblock-Print Series Fuzoku Sanjuniso" pl.#13 |
| Comments | Beautifully dressed in a winter kimono, this concubine is seen washing her hands under an ornate bronze faucet. An elegant design. |
| Item # | FG-092 |
| Price | $1350 |