A HARLOT’S ACCOUNT OF VERNAL LOVE: THE TEAHOUSE WAITRESS OHATSU AND THE CLOTH DEALER TOKUBEI (Utagawa Kunisada)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: shunga 春画 erotic art

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865)
From the book: A Harlot’s Account of Vernal Love, A Journal of Defloration 春情妓談水揚帳, vol. 1 上の巻
Print title: The Teahouse Waitress Ohatsu and the Cloth Dealer Tokubei 茶屋の娘おはつ 呉服屋徳兵衛

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Year: 1836
Condition: fair, wormholes, wrinkles, restoration, some paper thinning
Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm

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