CASTING A CURSE AT THE HOUR OF THE OX (Unknown Artist)
$315.00
Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: shunga 春画 erotic art
Artist: unknown artist 絵師不詳
Print subject: casting a curse at the hour of the ox
Note: the woman performing the curse (poss. Momoyo 桃代 in the company of Iwai Shitomi 岩井蔀) is portrayed as dressed in white, with disheveled hair, a crown of three burning candles, a mirror hanging from her neck on her chest and with, to her left, the hammer and nails for the ushi no koku mairi 丑の刻参り ritual
Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing
Period: 1820-30s
Condition: overall good, slight diagonal fold mark at top left, vertical central fold
Dimensions: 12 x 8,5 cm
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