| Title | "Expectant - A Fireman's Wife, Kaei Era" ("Jikitsukiso Kaei Nenkan Anego 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;
extensive light "gauffrage" (embossing) to kimono and fireman's jacket; "burnishing" to
black areas of kimono;
crisp, highly detailed carving of individual hairlines.
(VIEW representative verso "bleed-through.") |
| Condition | Excellent. Bold, fresh colors. Clean front and verso. (Slight toning--no flaws noted.) Unbacked. Full, original margins (note "kento" mark lower right corner). |
| Reference/Illus | Stevenson's "Yoshitoshi's Women - The Woodblock-Print Series Fuzoku Sanjuniso" pl.#19 |
| Comments | A fireman's wife waits impatiently for his return--another of his distinctive fireman's coats hangs behind her on the wall. |
| Item # | EG-231 |
| Price | $1050 |
