| 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 (Three color cartouche indicative of first edition printing.) |
| Publisher | Tsunashima Kamekichi (Tokyo) |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Carver: Yamamoto to |
| Image Size | A full 9 5/8 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very fine. Nice "bokashi" shading to face, foliage, left background; widespread "burnishing" to black mat and vertical edge; extensive cross-hatched "cheese-cloth gauffrage" to upper right background and rolled tissue end; over-printed hair to produce layers; crisp, highly detailed carving of individual hairlines. |
| Condition | Good. Excellent colors, some bleeding of reds. Other minor marks, soiling, and wear. Rubbing and edge damage upper right corner. Trimmed only to image 3 edges, thinly backed with Japanese paper. |
| 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. |
| Item # | CG-651 |
| Price | $650 (Reserved) |