| Title | "Cooling Off on the Boat" ("Suzumi Bune") |
| Date | April 1878 |
| Series | "Mirror of the Flowering of Manners and Customs" ("Kaika Ninjo Kagami") |
| Publisher | Kobayashi Tetsujiro |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Watanabe Eizo |
| Image Size | 9 1/2 x 14 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky and water areas, window screen, cartouche, lantern, and face; light "gauffrage" to kimono; amazingly detailed carving of individual hairlines. |
| Condition | Very Good++. Excellent colors. Full, original margins. (Single tiny pin-hole to cartouche; minor marks; light wear; light toning.) |
| Reference/Illus | "Kunichika--Time Present and Time Past, Images of a Forgotten Master"--similar to pl# 20, p60. |
| Comments | Delightful "bijin-ga" image aboard a pleasure-craft, with cloth clutched in teeth and sake dish in hand. |
| Item # | MF-02 |
| Price | $425 (OR best offer by 8/05/03) |