Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title: November- Beauty Osan
Date: 1880
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Title Beauty Osan - Pride of Tokyo Twelve Months Artist Yoshitoshi Taiso 1839-1892 Signature Yoshitoshi. Seal Artist's seal (Taiso). Dated 1880. Publisher Inoue Moei. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Very good … Embossed. Colors Very good … Burnished. Condition Very good … Paper toning, a vertical fold on the left side, lightly soiled, slightly creased. Trimmed. Description "Tokyo Jiman Juni-ka-getsu" (Pride of Tokyo, Twelve Months) November. Beauty Osan of Nihonbashi carries a decorative rake which has "Okame (or Otafuki)" mask. Okame is the goddess of happiness. The rake signifies, "one can rake in the happiness". These good luck symbols and ornaments are sold in quantity at the "Tori no Ichi" market in November. Format Oban tate-e Width Item 9.4 inches = 24.0 cm Height Item 13.4 inches = 34.0 cm
