A COUNTRY’S GLORY: VARIOUS SEX TOYS (Katsushika Hokusai)

Original Japanese shunga erotic woodblock print
anon. after Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎)
A Country’s Glory (国のさかゑ): Various Sex Toys
Inspired on the erotic designs from the book The Gods of Myriad Conjugal Delights (万福和合神) illustrated by Hokusai in 1821
Inscriptions (right to left, top to bottom): Consolation of the Little Virgin (小乙女針方), Shape of the Eastern Country of Narihira (業平吾妻形), Korean Consolation from Kato House (加藤家朝鮮形), Happy Gratitude to Yin and Yang (陰陽瑞喜), Dutch Curtain Scent (囉麖香), Sukune’s Ball of a Thousand Satisfactions (宿称千満珠), Anti Aging Scented Pills (香閨不老丸), Benka’s Round Jewelry (下和輪玉), Ring that Makes Maidens Cry in Secret and Harmony (秘女泣和), Mutual Consolation of the Women’s Island (女嶋互形), Kokentei’s Perfume (光謙帝番合), Taoist Mirror Helm and Armor (道鏡鎧甲)
Year: 1890 ca.
Condition: overall good, partially trimmed margins
Size: 15 x 23 cm

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