COOKING POTS AT THE TSUKUMA SHRINE: SAMURAI AND YOUNG WOMAN (Kitagawa Utamaro)

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

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (ca. 1753-1806)
From the book: Picture Book, Cooking Pots at the Tsukuma Shrine 會本都功密那倍, vol. 2 中
Print subject: samurai and young woman

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: sumizuri-e 墨摺絵 monochromatic woodblock printing

Year: ca. 1798
Condition: poor, signs of aging and damage, wormholes, stains, trimmed margins
Dimensions: 25 x 16,5 cm

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