Slovenly (Shidaranasaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)"

"Slovenly" (Shidaranasaso, 1888) from the "Thirty-two Aspects of Women" series presents a woman in a state of deliberately disheveled appearance—hair loosened, clothing somewhat disordered—suggesting the private, unguarded moments that public decorum ordinarily concealed. Yoshitoshi's willingness to include "slovenly" among his thirty-two aspects reflects his fundamental interest in the full range of female experience rather than a sanitized ideal. The composition suggests early morning or the aftermath of an intimate encounter.