| Title | "Heavy - A Fukugawa Waitress, Tempo Era" ("Omotaso Tempo Nenkan Fukugawa Karuko 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 kimono and patterned collar;
crisp, highly detailed carving of individual hairlines.
(VIEW representative verso "bleed-through.") |
| Condition | Nearly Excellent. Bold, fresh colors. Clean front and verso. (Very slight wear; slight toning--otherwise flawless.) Unbacked. Full, original margins (note "kento" mark lower right corner). |
| Reference/Illus | Stevenson's "Yoshitoshi's Women - The Woodblock-Print Series Fuzoku Sanjuniso" pl.#12 |
| Comments | A waitress at a restaurant in Fukugawa carries her wooden serving table laden with food. |
| Item # | EG-238 |
| Price | $975 |
