A woman blows toward fireflies through a cherry-blossom fan

A woman holds a round paper fan with a red ground and a white cherry-blossom outline shading to teal at its lower edge, its handle held to her lips. Three pale fireflies glow against a dark grey sky at upper left. Her hair is dressed high with a comb and a red-tipped pin, and she wears a lavender kimono finely patterned with vertical hatching. A title cartouche, a rectangular label, and the artist's red seal appear at upper right.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892) was the last major master of ukiyo-e, working through the upheaval of the Meiji era. A pupil of Kuniyoshi, he moved from violent early war prints to the psychological intensity of his mature series — One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (1885–92) and New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts — in which history, legend and theatre are staged by moonlight. His draughtsmanship and unusual use of colour carried the woodblock print into the modern period. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.