Original woodblock print – Tsukioka Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) –’Jiretta-sō’ じれったそう(Irritable) -From the series “Fūzoku sanjūnisō” 風俗三十二相(Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners) – Japan -1890s (Meiji 21s)

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Original woodblock print – Tsukioka Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) –’Jiretta-sō’ じれったそう(Irritable) -From the series “Fūzoku sanjūnisō” 風俗三十二相(Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners) – Japan -1890s (Meiji 21s)

As it is an old ukiyo-e, it has stains and it is considerably trimmed.
There are 32 series of this ukiyo-e

This work depicts a woman from the Kaei era (1848-54).
The picture is a Hikeshi火消し(Firefighter’s) wife. She looks frustrated even if she puts her lower lip forward a little. When you see the word “Matoi(纏)” on the clothes hanging on the wall, the title of Firefighter section chief is “Matoi mochi”.

“Fūzoku sanjūnisō” 風俗三十二相(Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners)” series.
Thirty-two Phases of Customs is an ukiyo-e painting about women of various ages and occupations who lived from the Edo period to the Meiji era.
The feature is that the composition of the upper body is greatly close-up and various facial expressions are drawn.

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年; also named Taiso Yoshitoshi 大蘇 芳年 1839 – 1892) was a Japanese artist.
He is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.
He is also regarded as one of the form’s greatest innovators.

In addition, yoshitoshi studied not only Ukiyo-e but also Kikuchi Yosai’s style of painting and Western painting. He also studied historical paintings, bijin-ga, genre paintings, and classical paintings.
Many of Bob’s works are famous, including his muzan-e(無惨画).

Famous disciples include Toshikata Mizuno(水野年方), Toshihide Migita(右田年英), and Toshitsune Inano(稲野年恒).
There are Toshinobu Yamazaki(山崎年信) and others.