Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), 'Looking Impatient: The Appearance of the Wife of a Fire Chief in the Kaei Era', from the series ‘Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners’ (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

'Looking Impatient: The Appearance of the Wife of a Fire Chief in the Kaei Era', from the series ‘Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners’ (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888

Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Dated: 1888 (Meiji 21)

Vertical oban:
37.1 x 25.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.)

Fine impression of the first edition, very good colour, slight soiling and rubbing, minor wear to lower left edge and minute loss to bottom right corner.

£ 2,700.00

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Yoshitoshi depicts here the wife of a fireman. She sits beside a hibachi (brazier) with a kettle heating water for making tea. Behind her hangs her husband's fireman's jacket emblazoned...

Yoshitoshi depicts here the wife of a fireman. She sits beside a hibachi (brazier) with a kettle heating water for making tea. Behind her hangs her husband's fireman's jacket emblazoned with the character matoi 纏, which indicates a fireman's standard.

Another impression of the first edition is in the collection of The Minneapolis Museum of Art, accession no. 2017.106.211, go to: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127943/appearing-bewildered-tsukioka-yoshitoshi

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