BEFORE THE DEW DISAPPEARS: MIYUKI AND ASOJIRO (Utagawa Kunimaro)

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

Artist: Utagawa Kunimaro 歌川国麿 (active ca. 1850-75), signed Maromaru ga 麿丸画
From the book: Passionate Tales before the Dew Disappears 艶色美談露之飛奴間, vol. 2 地
Print title: Miyuki and Asojiro 深雪 阿曽次郎

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

Period: 1848-54
Condition: good, vertical central fold, backing
Dimensions: 27,5 x 22 cm

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