BLOSSOMS LOSE THEIR COLOUR (Tsukioka Settei)

Original Japanese shunga erotic woodblock prints
Tsukioka Settei (月岡雪鼎)
A River of Admonitions for Women with Love Letters (女令川趣文)
Top right inscription: Blossoms lose their colour / how cruel / thinking myself too grand / I’ve grown old / never having been plucked (花の色は / うつりにけりな / いたづらに / 我身をふきて / しまつせしまに) – Translated by C. Andrew Gerstle
Year: 1771
Condition: signs of aging
Size: 32 x 24,5 cm

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