COMPARISON OF PASSIONATE WOMEN: THE JEWELED CHAPLET (Utagawa Kunimori II)

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

Artist: Utagawa Kunimori II 二代目歌川国盛 (active ca. 1840-60)
From the book: Comparison of Passionate Women 艶色品定女, vol. 1 上
Print title: The Jeweled Chaplet 玉葛

Top left inscription: With unabated longing I sought the other. What lines have drawn me to the jeweled chaplet? 恋わたる身はそれならで玉かつらいかなるすぢをたづねきぬらむ

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

Year: ca. 1852
Condition: overall good, small wormholes, tear in the upper left corner
Dimensions: 33,5 x 25 cm

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