Japanese Works of Art - 7th December 2020
Lot 292
FOUR JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £650
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FOUR JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
MEIJI PERIOD, C.1888
The four oban tate-e from the series Fuzoku sanjuni so (Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners of Women), comprising: a beauty and her cat entitled 'Tiresome/noisy: Habits of a virgin of the Kansei era'; another a geisha resting, entitled 'Loose: Habits of a geiko of Kyoto of the Kansei era'; the third the portrait of a courtesan being tattooed and entitled ' Painful:Habits of a prostitute of the Kansei era'; the fourth reading with her cat, entitled 'Warm: Habits of an urban widow of the Kansei era', each print approx. 24cm x 36cm. (4)