Looking smoky: aspect of a housewife of the Kyowa Era, by Yoshitoshi

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Looking smoky: aspect of a housewife of the Kyowa Era [1801-1803] (Kemusô Kyôwa nenkan naishitsu no fûzoku) Thirty-two aspects of customs and manners (Fûzoku sanjûnisô). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (Japanese artist, 1839-1892). Ôban. Woodcut, colour printing, 1888. First edition published by Tsunashima Kamekichi, with textile printing (nunomezuri), gloss black (tsuyazumi) and imitation woodgrain (itame mokuhan). Engraver: Wada hori Yû; Printed 19/05/1888.

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